Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 796

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scientific name

Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)
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[Sciurus] palliatus Peters 1852 , Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 17: 273.

Type Locality: Mozambique, mainland near Mocambique Isl "Africa orientalis, Quintangonha, 15° Lat. Austr." .

Vernacular Names: Red Bush Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. palliatus Peters 1852

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. bridgemani Dollman 1914

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. frerei Gray 1873

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. ornatus Gray 1864

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. swynnertoni Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. tanae Neumann 1902

Distribution: S Somalia, E Kenya , E Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Kingdon (1974 b) recognized three subspecies in the northern part of the range, Viljoen (1989) recognized four in the southern part.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Paraxerus

Loc

Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sciurus] palliatus

Peters 1852: 273
1852
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