African bush squirrel
African bush squirrels Temporal range:
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Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Protoxerini |
Genus: | Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
Species | |
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The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are:
- Alexander's bush squirrel (P. alexandri)
- Boehm's bush squirrel (P. boehmi)
- Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi)
- Cooper's mountain squirrel (P. cooperi)
- Striped bush squirrel (P. flavovittis)
- Black and red bush squirrel (P. lucifer)
- Ochre bush squirrel (P. ochraceus)
- Red bush squirrel (P. palliatus)
- Green bush squirrel (P. poensis)
- Swynnerton's bush squirrel (P. vexillarius)
- Vincent's bush squirrel (P. vincenti)
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Categories:
- Paraxerus
- Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major
- Squirrel stubs