Paraxerus vexillarius
(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)
Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
Family | : Sciuridae |
Subfamily | : Xerinae |
Tribe | : Protoxerini |
Genus | : Paraxerus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Kershaw, P.S. 1923-05-01. On a collection of mammals from Tanganyika territory. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(65):586-600.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355849Original name as described
Funisciurus vexillarius
Other common names
Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1923.3.4.24
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8cdbc84-4828-496a-9de4-0ca376678a67Type locality
"Wilhelmsthal, Lushoto, Usambara, Tanzania."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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