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Red bush squirrel

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is sometimes deemed a full species. The species is smaller (and weighs less) with more rufous pelage in dry forest, and larger and darker in moist forest.
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Kingdon, Jonathan; Happold, David; Butynski, Thomas; Hoffmann, Michael; Happold, Meredith; Kalina, Jan (2013).
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(2013). 1491: 82: 732:(Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) 893:Carruther's mountain squirrel 359:of oNgoye forest, South Africa 1: 1224:Large tribe listed separately 528:Mills, Gus; Hes, Lex (1997). 363:The southernmost subspecies, 1574:Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters 910:Lady Burton's rope squirrel 730:Long-clawed ground squirrel 1140:Swynnerton's bush squirrel 1091:Cooper's mountain squirrel 999:(Heliosciurus rufobrachium) 867:(African striped squirrels) 1595: 1486: 1107:African red bush squirrel 1067:Alexander's bush squirrel 934:Fire-footed rope squirrel 926:Red-cheeked rope squirrel 810:Unstriped ground squirrel 751:(African ground squirrels) 257:red-bellied coast squirrel 1569:Mammals described in 1852 1236: 1219: 1169:(African giant squirrels) 1007:(Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) 944:(Funisciurus substriatus) 920:(Funisciurus lemniscatus) 895:(Funisciurus carruthersi) 793:Mountain ground squirrel 648: 635:Extant species of family 562:BFA SEMINAR SERIES NO. 17 387:in eastern Zimbabwe, and 208: 203: 184: 177: 79:Scientific classification 77: 55: 46: 37: 28: 23: 1179:Slender-tailed squirrel 1148:Vincent's bush squirrel 1057:(African bush squirrels) 1015:(Heliosciurus undulatus) 997:Red-legged sun squirrel 991:(Heliosciurus punctatus) 983:(Heliosciurus mutabilis) 975:(Heliosciurus gambianus) 928:(Funisciurus leucogenys) 879:(Funisciurus anerythrus) 768:Striped ground squirrel 707:Barbary ground squirrel 1142:(Paraxerus vexillarius) 1101:(Paraxerus flavovittis) 1036:African pygmy squirrel 1005:Ruwenzori sun squirrel 942:Kintampo rope squirrel 918:Ribboned rope squirrel 877:Thomas's rope squirrel 1187:Forest giant squirrel 1099:Striped bush squirrel 1083:Smith's bush squirrel 1075:Boehm's bush squirrel 936:(Funisciurus pyrropus) 912:(Funisciurus isabella) 846:Ebian's palm squirrel 709:(Atlantoxerus getulus) 360: 1456:Paleobiology Database 1189:(Protoxerus stangeri) 1181:(Protoxerus aubinnii) 1131:Green bush squirrel ( 1125:(Paraxerus palliatus) 1117:(Paraxerus ochraceus) 1069:(Paraxerus alexandri) 981:Mutable sun squirrel 973:Gambian sun squirrel 903:(Funisciurus congicus 887:(Funisciurus bayonii) 785:Cape ground squirrel 354: 1150:(Paraxerus vincenti) 1115:Ochre bush squirrel 1038:(Myosciurus pumilio) 901:Congo rope squirrel 885:Lunda rope squirrel 1294:Paraxerus palliatus 1264:Paraxerus palliatus 1109:(Paraxerus lucifer) 1093:(Paraxerus cooperi) 989:Small sun squirrel 418:Paraxerus palliatus 262:Paraxerus palliatus 188:Paraxerus palliatus 49:Conservation status 40:Selous Game Reserve 1210:(ground squirrels) 1123:Red bush squirrel 1085:(Paraxerus cepapi) 1077:(Paraxerus boehmi) 1013:Zanj sun squirrel 770:(Xerus erythropus) 463:"Family Sciuridae" 446:}}: old-form url ( 414:Grubb, P. 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Selous Game Reserve
Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Paraxerus
Binomial name
Peters
rodent
Sciuridae
P. lucifer
P. vexillarius
P. (p.) vincenti
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
South Africa
habitats
subtropical or tropical dry forest

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