Striped bush squirrel

Striped bush squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species: P. flavovittis
Binomial name
Paraxerus flavovittis
(Peters, 1852)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. f. flavovittis
  • P. f. exgeanus
  • P. f. ibeanus
  • P. f. mossambicus

The striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) is a species of rodents 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. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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