#0385 · 🦊 mammals

Brazilian Squirrel

Sciurus brasiliensis

🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luciano Bernardes · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sandro José da Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Liu Idárraga Orozco · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Marcos Mortara · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ricardo Gagliardi · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © palomalumi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Instituto Últimos Refúgios · CC BY-NC 4.0

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,446iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,446 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).