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Paraxerus palliatus Peters, 1852
Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Paraxerus > Species: Paraxerus palliatus Peters, 1852
Common Name: Red Bush Squirrel [English]
Type Description
Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 17:273.
Type Locality
Mozambique, mainland near Mocambique Isl 'Africa orientalis, Quintangonha, 15° Lat. Austr.'
Measurements
Head and body: 174-250 mm
Tail length: 105-270 mm
Weight: 200-550 g
Tail length: 105-270 mm
Weight: 200-550 g
Distribution
Paraxerus palliatus is distributed throughout lowland riverine forests and evergreen thickets from southern Kenya down the coastline to Mozambique. (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:397-399.
2. Kingdon, J. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:397-399.
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. 1984. East African mammals: An atlas of evolution in Africa. (Hares and Rodents). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2B:397-399.
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.