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

http://www.squirrels.org/names.html (Domain for sale)

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Xerini

Atlantoxerus	Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)

Xerus (African ground squirrels)	Subgenus Euxerus: Striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped ground squirrel (Xerus rutilus)

Spermophilopsis	Long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)

Protoxerini

Epixerus	Ebian's palm squirrel (Epixerus ebii) Baifran palm squirrel (Epixerus wilsoni)

Funisciurus (African striped squirrels)	Thomas's rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) Lunda rope squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) Carruther's mountain squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) Funisciurus congicus Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) Funisciurus pyrrhopus Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)

Heliosciurus (sun squirrels)	Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) Mutable sun squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) Red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)

Myosciurus	African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)

Paraxerus (African bush squirrels)	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 mountain 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)

Protoxerus (African giant squirrels)	Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)

Marmotini
(ground squirrels)

Large tribe listed separately

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