Amazon Dwarf Squirrel
Microsciurus flaviventer (Gray, 1867)
Also calledAmazonedwergeekhoorn (nld) · Amazonisches Zwerghörnchen (deu) · Ardilla chica (spa) · Ardilla enana amazónica (spa) · Ardilla pigmea del Amazonas (spa) · Ardillita Amazonica | Ardita (generalizado) (spa) · Huaihuasi (que) · Quatipuruzinho-bigodeiro (por) · amazonianoravainen (fin) · veveřička amazonská (ces) · wiewióreczka amazońska (pol) · Амазонская белка (rus) · キバラコビトリス (jpn) · 黃腹倭松鼠 (zho)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3 vol.20 p.432
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Amazon Dwarf Squirrels are diurnal. They rarely use tree falls, gaps, or liana forests, but they are common in high forests, usually foraging at heights of 1 - 5 m and can be seen foraging for insects with mixed flocks of birds up to 10 m in the canopy.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Upper Amazonian evergreen tropical rainforests at elevations less than ¢. 2000 m.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. Dreys of Amazon Dwarf Squirrels are composed of woven leaves lined with fibers and located in palm trees. Amazon Dwarf Squirrels are sometimes observed in pairs. Litter size has been reported to be two young.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437361.