The striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and plantations.
Striped bush squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Paraxerus |
Species: | P. flavovittis
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Binomial name | |
Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters, 1852)
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Subspecies[2] | |
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References
edit- ^ Grubb, P. (2008). "Paraxerus flavovittis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.