The Bolivian squirrel lives in trees in South American mountain forests. It has an ocher or brown back, orange lower face and belly, and a rusty-red tail.
Its back is ocher to brown with black hairs mixed in. The lower face, ears, belly, and inner legs are orange, and the outer part of the tail is rusty red.
It is active by day and spends most of its time in trees. It mainly eats nuts, seeds, fruit, and shoots, and is reported to descend to the ground when foraging.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.