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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Protoxerini
--> GENUS Paraxerus
SPECIES Paraxerus vexillarius
| Author: | Kershaw, 1923. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 11: 591. | | Common Name: | Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Tanzania, Usambara, Lushoto, Wilhelmsthal. | | Distribution: | C and E Tanzania. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | It is possible that vexillarius and byatti are separate species, as treated by G. M. Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1940). Amtmann (1975) combined them but stated that they may be distinct species. |
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