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Sanborn's squirrel

Sciurus sanborni Osgood, 1944

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The sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh about 136 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the sanborn's squirrel

Weight
136 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sanborn's squirrel live?

Not recorded

What is the sanborn's squirrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) is or was a little known tree squirrel described in 1944 from the skin and skeleton of a single female specimen collected in Peru in 1941. Subsequently, over the proceeding years only a handful of either specimens were collected, or observations were recorded, in the regions of Madre de Dios and northern Puno in Peru, and Pando department in Bolivia (single sighting, Conservation International, 1992). The 2019 IUCN assessment describes it as endemic to Peru. In 2015 this taxon was synonymised with Notosciurus pucheranii ssp. boliviensis. Its habitat is tropical dry broadleaf forests at elevations up to 570 m. It is considered possibly rare and potentially vulnerable to deforestation, but its population trend is not established.

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Is the sanborn's squirrel endangered?

The sanborn's squirrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species.

How is the sanborn's squirrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySciuridae
  6. genusSciurus
  7. SpeciesSciurus sanborni Osgood, 1944
Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Sanborn’s squirrelEnglish

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Relatives of the sanborn's squirrel

Other species in the same genus Sciurus.

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Common questions

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How big is the sanborn's squirrel?

An adult sanborn's squirrel weighs 136 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the sanborn's squirrel endangered?

The sanborn's squirrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What kind of animal is the sanborn's squirrel?

The sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sanborn-s-squirrel

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{sanborn_s_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Sanborn's squirrel (Sciurus sanborni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sanborn-s-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}