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Striped bush squirrel

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Species of rodent

Striped bush squirrel
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species: P. flavovittis
Binomial name
Paraxerus flavovittis
(Peters, 1852)
Subspecies
  • P. f. flavovittis
  • P. f. exgeanus
  • P. f. ibeanus
  • P. f. mossambicus

The striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and plantations.

References

  1. Grubb, P. (2008). "Paraxerus flavovittis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
  2. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)
Xerini
Atlantoxerus
Spermophilopsis
Xerus
(African ground squirrels)
Protoxerini
Epixerus
Funisciurus
(African striped squirrels)
Heliosciurus
(sun squirrels)
Myosciurus
Paraxerus
(African bush squirrels)
Protoxerus
(African giant squirrels)
Marmotini
(ground squirrels)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Paraxerus flavovittis


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