Biology:Vincent's bush squirrel
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Vincent's bush squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Paraxerus |
| Species: | P. vincenti
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraxerus vincenti Hayman, 1950
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Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, named in honour of Jack Vincent. It is endemic to Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and it is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kerbis Peterhans, J. (2008). "Paraxerus vincenti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16212/0. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
Further reading
- Thorington, Jr., Richard W.; Schennum, Chad E. (2013). "Paraxerus vincenti Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Selinda Mountain Squirrel)". in Happold, David. Rodents, Hares and Rabbits. Mammals of Africa. 3. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 88–89.
- Viljoen, S. (1989). "Taxonomy and historical zoogeography of the red squirrel, Paraxerus palliatus (Peters, 1852) in the Southern African subregion (Rodentia: Sciuridae)". Annals of the Transvaal Museum 35 (2): 49–60.
- Hayman, R.W. (1950). "Two new African squirrels". Journal of Natural History. Ser. 12 3 (27): 262–264. doi:10.1080/00222935008654713.
Wikidata ☰ Q1767198 entry
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