Red bush squirrel

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Red bush squirrel
Nominate race in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species:
P. palliatus
Binomial name
Paraxerus palliatus
(Peters, 1852)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. p. palliatus
  • P. p. bridgemani
  • P. p. frerei
  • P. p. ornatus
  • P. p. sponsus
  • P. p. swynnertoni
  • P. p. tanae

The red bush squirrel or red-bellied coast squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) is a species of

Sciuridae, which is found in bush and forest along the eastern seaboard of Africa. It is closely related to P. lucifer, P. vexillarius and P. (p.) vincenti.[3]

Range and habitat

It is native to

subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
.

Races

Subspecies P. p. ornatus of oNgoye forest, South Africa

The southernmost subspecies, P. p. ornatus, is endemic to

Chirinda Forest in eastern Zimbabwe,[5] and P. (p.) vincenti at Mount Namuli is sometimes deemed a full species.[6] The species is smaller (and weighs less) with more rufous pelage in dry forest, and larger and darker in moist forest.[3]

References

  1. ^ Grubb, P. (2008). "Paraxerus palliatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. OCLC 26158608
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    ISBN 978-1-4081-8996-2
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  4. ISBN 978-0-947430-55-9
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  5. ^ Timberlake, Jonathan (6 November 2002). "The Biodiversity and Ecology of Chirinda Forest" (PDF). BFA SEMINAR SERIES NO. 17. Bulawayo Club. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  6. ISBN 978-1-4081-8996-2
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