Variegated Squirrel
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Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Los Quetzales National Park
2 Verified records at Los Quetzales National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, southern Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Fifteen subspecies are recognised. It is a common squirrel and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it a "least-concern species". Variegated squirrels kept as pets in Germany have been implicated in the transmission of a bornavirus to humans from which three people have died. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Los Quetzales National Park

Red-tailed Squirrel
LC

Red-tailed Squirrel

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Sciurus granatensis

50–60% · Likely
Central American Dwarf Squirrel
LC

Central American Dwarf Squirrel

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Microsciurus alfari

Insufficient data
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Sphiggurus mexicanus

10–20% · With luck
Alston's Brown Mouse
LC

Alston's Brown Mouse

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Scotinomys teguina

Insufficient data
Mexican Deer Mouse
LC Endemic

Mexican Deer Mouse

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Peromyscus mexicanus

Insufficient data
Boquete Rice Rat
LC

Boquete Rice Rat

Mammal

Nephelomys devius

Insufficient data
🐒 No photo available
LC Endemic

Mountain Spiny Pocket Mouse

Mammal

Heteromys oresterus

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Variegated Squirrel at Los Quetzales National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
60–70%
2 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
60–70%
3 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
50–60%
4 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
40–50%
5 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
40–50%
6 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
7 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
8 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
9 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
30–40%
10 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
30–40%
11 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
20–30%
12 Chirripó National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
13 Masaya Volcano National Park 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
20–30%
14 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
15 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
16 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
17 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
20–30%
18 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
20–30%
19 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
20 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
21 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
22 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
23 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
24 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
10–20%
25 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
10–20%
26 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
27 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
28 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
29 Celaque National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
30 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
31 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
32 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
33 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
34 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
35 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
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