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568:Striped ground squirrel
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718:Ribboned rope squirrel
677:Thomas's rope squirrel
334:Vincent's bush squirrel
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781:Mutable sun squirrel
773:Gambian sun squirrel
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687:(Funisciurus bayonii)
585:Cape ground squirrel
274:Striped bush squirrel
254:Smith's bush squirrel
244:Boehm's bush squirrel
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950:(Paraxerus vincenti)
915:Ochre bush squirrel
838:(Myosciurus pumilio)
701:Congo rope squirrel
685:Lunda rope squirrel
909:(Paraxerus lucifer)
893:(Paraxerus cooperi)
789:Small sun squirrel
314:Green bush squirrel
294:Ochre bush squirrel
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827:Myosciurus
580:Geosciurus
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345:References
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288:P. lucifer
268:P. cooperi
1334:Paraxerus
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