African bush squirrel

African bush squirrels; Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Protoxerini
Genus:	Paraxerus; Forsyth Major, 1893
Species
	Paraxerus cepapi; Paraxerus lucifer; Paraxerus alexandri; Paraxerus boehmi; Paraxerus cooperi; Paraxerus poensis; Paraxerus ochraceus; Paraxerus palliatus; Paraxerus flavovittis; Paraxerus vexillarius; Paraxerus vincenti;

The African bush squirrels are a genus, Paraxerus, squirrels of 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

References

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