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Sciurus Variegatoides Dorsalis
I saw this strange squirrel on a vacation to Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is a white color morph of a Variegated Squirrel, which isn't exactly rare.
Tropical forests.
Well he sure does look like the squirrels in the link. I believe I can label him as a Variegated Squirrel now!
This one might have had some black on the back, could you remember? And I just detected an erratum in my mammal book. I am pretty sure this one is the Sciurus variegatoides dorsalis. But some of the IDs are not correct on the web.
Indeed I think he maybe...did a little searching a white seems fairly common for them...here's one of the links I came across...http://www.gaianicaragua.org/sciurusvariegatoides.html
Yes, I suppose so. Perhaps he's a color morph of a Variegated Squirrel. Thank you :)