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Paraxerus boehmi Reichenow, 1886
Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Paraxerus > Species: Paraxerus boehmi Reichenow, 1886
Common Name: Boehm's Bush Squirrel [English]
Type Description
Zool. Anz., 9:315.
Type Locality
S Dem. Rep. Congo, Marungu. 'Marungu (Inner-Afrika).'
Measurements
Head and body: 100-152 mm
Tail length: 90-200 mm
Weight: 40-101 g
Tail length: 90-200 mm
Weight: 40-101 g
Distribution
A true forest squirrel, Paraxerus boehmi is found throughout mixed, lowland, swamp and montane forests up to 2,300 m from the Central Forest Refuge and down the eastern Congo as far as northern Zambia and Malawi and east into Uganda and western Tanzania. (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:409-412.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 169-171.
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. 169-171.
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.