The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are:

• Alexander's bush squirrel (P. alexandri)

• Boehm's bush squirrel (P. boehmi)

• Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi)

• Cooper's mountain squirrel (P. cooperi)

• Striped bush squirrel (P. flavovittis)

• Black and red bush squirrel (P. lucifer)

• Ochre bush squirrel (P. ochraceus)

• Red bush squirrel (P. palliatus)

• Green bush squirrel (P. poensis)

• Swynnerton's bush squirrel (P. vexillarius)

• Vincent's bush squirrel (P. vincenti)

References

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070329003419/http://www.squirrels.org/names.html