African bush squirrel
| African bush squirrels Temporal range: Recent | |
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| Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Xerinae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: | Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
| Species | |
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
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