Green Bush Squirrel

Green Bush Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species: P. poensis
Binomial name
Paraxerus poensis
(A. Smith, 1830)

The Green Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations .

References

  1. ^ Grubb, P. & Ekué, M. R. M. (2008). Paraxerus poensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.