Bushy-tailed. Sciurus stramineus, Guayaquil Squirrel, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
In 1836 the French corvette La Bonite under captaincy of Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (1793-1858) set sail from France around the world (1836-1837). The main purpose of the 21-month long voyage was to deliver French consular officials to remote parts of the Globe. But an important secondary purpose was naturalist discovery. To that end two scientists were aboard: Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux (1802-1841) and Lous François Auguste Souleyet (1811-1852). Their first desciption of our Peruvian Squirrel was published in 1841. It was found in what was called Omatopé (today's Amotape) in the Piura District of northern Peru.
Bushy-tailed. Sciurus stramineus, Guayaquil Squirrel, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
In 1836 the French corvette La Bonite under captaincy of Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (1793-1858) set sail from France around the world (1836-1837). The main purpose of the 21-month long voyage was to deliver French consular officials to remote parts of the Globe. But an important secondary purpose was naturalist discovery. To that end two scientists were aboard: Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux (1802-1841) and Lous François Auguste Souleyet (1811-1852). Their first desciption of our Peruvian Squirrel was published in 1841. It was found in what was called Omatopé (today's Amotape) in the Piura District of northern Peru.