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(Redirected from Paraxerus vincenti) Species of rodent

Vincent's bush squirrel
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species: P. vincenti
Binomial name
Paraxerus vincenti
Hayman, 1950

Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, named in honour of Jack Vincent. It is endemic to Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and it is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Kerbis Peterhans, J. (2008). "Paraxerus vincenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

Further reading

  • Thorington, Jr., Richard W.; Schennum, Chad E. (2013). "Paraxerus vincenti Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Selinda Mountain Squirrel)". In Happold, David (ed.). Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. Mammals of Africa. Vol. 3. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 88–89.
  • Viljoen, S. (1989). "Taxonomy and historical zoogeography of the red squirrel, Paraxerus palliatus (Peters, 1852) in the Southern African subregion (Rodentia: Sciuridae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 35 (2): 49–60. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_110.
  • Hayman, R.W. (1950). "Two new African squirrels". Journal of Natural History. Ser. 12. 3 (27): 262–264. doi:10.1080/00222935008654713.
Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)
Xerini
Atlantoxerus
Spermophilopsis
Xerus
(African ground squirrels)
Protoxerini
Epixerus
Funisciurus
(African striped squirrels)
Heliosciurus
(sun squirrels)
Myosciurus
Paraxerus
(African bush squirrels)
Protoxerus
(African giant squirrels)
Marmotini
(ground squirrels)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Paraxerus vincenti


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