Orinoco softtail [SEP] parent taxon
Orinoco softtail
The Orinoco softtail ("Thripophaga cherriei") is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.
It is endemic to the state of Amazonas in southwestern Venezuela. It has not yet been confirmed as occurring away from the type locality along the Río Capuana, a tributary of the Río Orinoco.
Its natural habitat is riparian tropical moist lowland forests, specifically várzea forest approximately 100 meters in elevation.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
External links.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
Fiery squirrel
The fiery squirrel ("Sciurus flammifer") is a rodent in the family Sciuridae. The taxon is endemic to the area south of the Orinoco River in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela. 
Taxonomy.
In 2015 de Vivo & Carmignotto reduced this taxon to a subspecies of "Hadrosciurus igniventris".
The taxon was first described as a species in 1904 by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas. In 1914 Joel Asaph Allen designated it as the type species for his new monotypic genus "Hadrosciurus". In