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Paraxerus cepapi A. Smith, 1836
Order: Rodentia > Family: Sciuridae > Genus: Paraxerus > Species: Paraxerus cepapi A. Smith, 1836
Common Name: Smith's Bush Squirrel [English]
Type Description
Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa, p. 43.
Type Locality
South Africa, North West Prov., Rustenberg Dist., Marico River.
Measurements
Head and body: 145-185 mm
Tail length: 150-180 mm
Weight: 250 g
Tail length: 150-180 mm
Weight: 250 g
Distribution
Paraxerus cepapi is found in the Miombo woodlands and associated woods and thickets that are distributed from Angola in the west to Mozambique and western Tanzania in the east. (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:400-403.
2. Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon field guide to African mammals, AP Natural World Academic Press, Harcourt Brace & Company, San Diego, p. 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. 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.