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SPECIES Paraxerus poensis

Author:A. Smith, 1830.
Citation:S. Afr. Quart. J., 2: 128.
Common Name:Green Bush Squirrel
Type Locality:Equatorial Guinea, Bioko "Fernando Póo."
Distribution:Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, S Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), Republic of Congo, W Dem. Rep. Congo.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Aethosciurus according to Moore (1959).
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Synonyms:

    affinis (Rhoads, 1896)
    musculinus (Temminck, 1853)
    olivaceus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
    subviridescens (Le Conte, 1857)

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