Swynnerton's bush squirrel

Swynnerton's bush squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Paraxerus
Species:	P. vexillarius
Binomial name
Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923)
Subspecies[2]
P. v. vexillarius P. v. byatti

Swynnerton's bush squirrel or Svynnerton's bush squirrel, Paraxerus vexillarius, is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Grubb, P. (2008). Paraxerus vexillarius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
2. Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.