Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)
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Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852) View in CoL
[Sciurus] palliatus Peters 1852 , Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 17: 273.
Type Locality: Mozambique, mainland near Mocambique Isl "Africa orientalis, Quintangonha, 15° Lat. Austr." .
Vernacular Names: Red Bush Squirrel.
Subspecies: :
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
Distribution: S Somalia, E Kenya , E Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa).
Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Kingdon (1974 b) recognized three subspecies in the northern part of the range, Viljoen (1989) recognized four in the southern part.
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