Biology:Slender-tailed squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Slender-tailed squirrel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Protoxerus
Species:
P. aubinnii
Binomial name
Protoxerus aubinnii
(Gray, 1873)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. a. aubinnii
  • P. a. salae

The slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. Decher, J.; Koprowski, J. (2020). "Protoxerus aubinnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18385A166611974. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T18385A166611974.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18385/166611974. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1769166 entry