Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 795

Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893

Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.

Type Species: Sciurus cepapi A. Smith 1836

Synonyms: Aethosciurus Thomas 1916 ; Montisciurus Eisentraut 1976 ; Tamiscus Thomas 1918 .

Species and subspecies: 11 species with 35 subspecies:

Species Paraxerus alexandri Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Species Paraxerus boehmi (Reichenow 1886)

Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. boehmi Reichenow 1886

Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. antoniae Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. emini Stuhlman 1894

Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. gazellae Thomas 1918

Species Paraxerus cepapi (A. Smith 1836)

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. cepapi A. Smith 1836

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. bororensis Roberts 1946

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. carpi Lundholm 1955

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. cepapoides Roberts 1946

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. chobiensis Roberts 1932

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. phalaena Thomas 1926

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. quotus Wroughton 1909

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. sindi Thomas and Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. soccatus Wroughton 1909

Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. yulei Thomas 1902

Species Paraxerus cooperi Hayman 1950

Species Paraxerus flavovittis ( Peters 1852)

Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. flavovittis Peters 1852

Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. exgeanus Hinton 1920

Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. ibeanus Hinton 1920

Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. mossambicus Thomas 1919

Species Paraxerus lucifer Thomas 1897

Species Paraxerus ochraceus (Huet 1880)

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. ochraceus Huet 1880

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. affinis Trouessart 1897

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. animosus Dollman 1911

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. aruscensis Pagenstecher 1885

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. electus Thomas 1909

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. ganana Rhoads 1896

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. jacksoni De Winton 1897

Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. kahari Heller 1911

Species Paraxerus palliatus ( Peters 1852)

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. palliatus Peters 1852

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. bridgemani Dollman 1914

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. frerei Gray 1873

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. ornatus Gray 1864

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. swynnertoni Wroughton 1908

Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. tanae Neumann 1902

Species Paraxerus poensis (A. Smith 1830)

Species Paraxerus vexillarius Kershaw 1923

Subspecies Paraxerus vexillarius subsp. vexillarius Kershaw 1923

Subspecies Paraxerus vexillarius subsp. byatti Kershaw 1923

Species Paraxerus vincenti Hayman 1950

Discussion: Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). Originally a subgenus of Xerus ; includes Aethosciurus (with the exception of ruwenzorii , here included in Heliosciurus ), Montisciurus , and Tamiscus . Recent molecular work of Mercer and Roth (2003) suggests that Paraxerus is not closely related to Funambulus , but to the rest of the African squirrels, in which case, it should be placed in the tribe Protoxerini .