Sciurus flammifer Thomas, 1904 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:33.

TYPE LOCALITY: Venezuela, Bolivar, Caura Valley, La Union .

DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela south of Orinoco River from the Colombian border to Cuidad Bolivar.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Hadrosciurus; see Cabrera (1961:374).