| Black and Red Bush Squirrel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Paraxerus |
| Species: | P. lucifer |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraxerus lucifer (Thomas, 1897) |
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The Black and Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus lucifer) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It occurs in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.