Paraxerus vexillarius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Xerinae
Tribus: Protoxerini
Genus: Paraxerus
Species: Paraxerus vexillarius
Subspecies: P. v. byatti – P. v. vexillarius

Name

Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923)

References

Primary references

• Kershaw, P.S. 1923. On a collection of mammals from Tanganyika territory. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (ser. 9) 11: 586–600. BHL. [original description: p. 591]

Links

• Paraxerus vexillarius in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923) (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

English: Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel