African bush squirrels Temporal range: Recent |
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Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Xerinae |
Tribe: | Protoxerini |
Genus: |
Paraxerus Forsyth Major, 1893 |
Species | |
The African bush squirrels are a genus, Paraxerus, squirrels of the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: