African bush squirrel

African bush squirrels Temporal range: Recent
Smith's bush squirrel (P. 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. The 11 species in this genus are:

• Alexander's bush squirrel, P. alexandri
• Boehm's bush squirrel, P. boehmi
• Smith's bush squirrel, P. cepapi
• Cooper's mountain squirrel, P. cooperi
• Striped bush squirrel, P. flavovittis
• Black and red bush squirrel, P. lucifer
• Ochre bush squirrel, P. ochraceus
• Red bush squirrel, P. palliatus
• Green bush squirrel, P. poensis
• Swynnerton's bush squirrel, P. vexillarius
• Vincent's bush squirrel, P. vincenti

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070329003419/http://www.squirrels.org/names.html (Domain for sale)