African bush squirrel

Taxobox
name = African bush squirrels
fossil_range = Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
subfamilia = Xerinae
tribus = Protoxerini
genus = "Paraxerus"
genus_authority = Forsyth Major, 1893
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "Paraxerus cepapi"
* "Paraxerus luciferus"
* "Paraxerus alexandri"
* "Paraxerus boehmi"
* "Paraxerus cooperi"
* "Paraxerus poensis"
* "Paraxerus ochraceus"
* "Paraxerus palliatus"
* "Paraxerus flavovittis"
* "Paraxerus vexillarius"
* "Paraxerus vincenti"

"African bush squirrels" (genus "Paraxerus") form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.

There are 11 species in this genus:
*Smith's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus cepapi"
*African Red Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus luciferus"
*Alexander's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus alexandri"
*Boehm's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus boehmi"
*Cooper's Green Squirrel, "Paraxerus cooperi"
*Fernando Po Squirrel, "Paraxerus poensis"
*Huet's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus ochraceus"
*Red Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus palliatus"
*Striped Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus flavovittis"
*Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus vexillarius"
*Vincent's Bush Squirrel, "Paraxerus vincenti"

References

*http://www.squirrels.org/names.html