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Paraxerus lucifer Thomas, 1897
Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Paraxerus > Species: Paraxerus lucifer Thomas, 1897
Common Name: Black And Red Bush Squirrel [English]
Type Description
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1897:430.
Type Locality
Malawi, Kombe Forest, Misuku Mtns, 9°43'S, 33°31'E.
Measurements
Total length: 440-442 mm
Head and body: 218-315 mm
Tail length: 160-265 mm
Hindfoot length: 55-56 mm
Weight: 670-700 g
Head and body: 218-315 mm
Tail length: 160-265 mm
Hindfoot length: 55-56 mm
Weight: 670-700 g
Distribution
Paraxerus lucifer is sparsely distributed through numerous isolated montane forests stretching along an arc from Lake Nyasa to the Udzungwas, Ulugurus, Usambaras and ending in Mount Kilimanjaro. (Kingdon, 1984, 1997)
Key References
1. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:392-395.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 168-169.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1246, 1279-1281.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 168-169.
3. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. Sixth ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2:1246, 1279-1281.
4. Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20(6):274-392.