Vincent's bush squirrel
Species of rodent
Vincent's bush squirrel | |
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Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific 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.[1]
References
- ^ a b 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.
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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Sciuromorpha
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Spermophilopsis |
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Xerus (African ground squirrels) |
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Epixerus |
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Funisciurus (African striped squirrels) |
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Heliosciurus (sun squirrels) |
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Myosciurus |
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Paraxerus (African bush squirrels) |
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Protoxerus (African giant squirrels) |
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