African bush squirrels
Temporal range: Recent
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Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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:

References

  1. ^ 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.


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