Ochre bush squirrel

Ochre bush squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Paraxerus
Species:	P. ochraceus
Binomial name
Paraxerus ochraceus (Huet, 1880)
Subspecies[2]
P. o. ochraceus P. o. affinis P. o. animosus P. o. aruscensis P. o. electus P. o. ganana P. o. jacksoni P. o. kahari

The ochre bush squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

1. Grubb, P. (2008). "Paraxerus ochraceus". 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.