African bush squirrel
Genus of rodents
| African bush squirrels Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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| Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: | Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus cepapi | |
| Species | |
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The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae.[1] 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)
References
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070329003419/http://www.squirrels.org/names.html (Domain for sale)
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha
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| Spermophilopsis |
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| Xerus (African ground squirrels) |
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| Epixerus |
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| Funisciurus (African striped squirrels) |
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| Heliosciurus (sun squirrels) |
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| Myosciurus |
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| Paraxerus (African bush squirrels) |
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| Protoxerus (African giant squirrels) |
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