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Paraxerus cepapi

Description

Paraxerus cepapi (A. Smith 1836)

[Sciurus] cepapi A. Smith 1836, Rept. Exped. Exploring Central Africa: 43.

Type Locality: South Africa, North West Prov., Rustenberg Dist., Marico River.

Vernacular Names: Smith's Bush Squirrel.

Subspecies::

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

Distribution: S Angola, Zambia, SE Dem. Rep. Congo, Malawi, SW Tanzania, Mozambique, N Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Paraxerus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
A. Smith
Species
cepapi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paraxerus cepapi (Smith, 1836) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303 - 328.
  • Thomas, O., and R. C. Wroughton. 1908. The Rudd exploration of S. Africa. -- X. List of mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 535 - 552.