Sciurus yucatanensis J. A. Allen, 1877 . In Coues and Allen, Mongr. N Am. Rodentia (U.S. Geol. Geograph. Survey Terr., Rep., 11:705).

TYPE LOCALITY: "Merida, Yucatan," [Mexico].

DISTRIBUTION: Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico); N and SW Belize; N Guatemala.

SYNONYMS: baliolus Nelson, 1901; phaeopus Goodwin, 1932.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Sciurus (Hall, 1981:422) .