African bush squirrel

African bush squirrels Temporal range: Recent
Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Tribe:	Protoxerini
Genus:	Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893
Species
Paraxerus cepapi Paraxerus lucifer Paraxerus alexandri Paraxerus boehmi Paraxerus cooperi Paraxerus poensis Paraxerus ochraceus Paraxerus palliatus Paraxerus flavovittis Paraxerus vexillarius Paraxerus vincenti

The African bush squirrels are a genus, Paraxerus, squirrels of the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa.

There are 11 species in this genus:

• Alexander's Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus alexandri
• Boehm's Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus boehmi
• Smith's Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus cepapi
• Cooper's Mountain Squirrel, Paraxerus cooperi
• Striped Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus flavovittis
• Black and Red Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus lucifer
• Ochre Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus ochraceus
• Red Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus palliatus
• Green Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus poensis
• Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus vexillarius
• Vincent's Bush Squirrel, Paraxerus vincenti

References

• http://www.squirrels.org/names.html