Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus 1766

Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus, 1766. Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:88. TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam. DISTRIBUTION: Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. SYNONYMS: alphonsei Thomas, 1903; bancrofti Kerr, 1792; garbei (Pinto, 1931); georgihernandezi Barriga-Bonilla, 1966; guajanensis Kerr, 1792; guianensis Peters, 1863; guerlingus (Shaw, 1801); henseli Miranda Ribeiro, 1941; ingrami Thomas, 1901; macconnelli Thomas, 1901; olivascens liliger, 1815; poaiae (Moojen, 1942); quelchii Thomas, 1901; roberti Thomas, 1903; venustus (J. A. Allen, 1940). COMMENTS: Subgenus Guerlinguetus; see Cabrera (1961:359). Formerly included gilvigularis; see Avila-Pires (1964).Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 439, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735313