Forest giant squirrel
| Forest giant squirrel |
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| South Nandi Forest, Kenya |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
Rodentia |
| Family: |
Sciuridae |
| Genus: |
Protoxerus |
| Subgenus: |
Protoxerus |
| Species: |
P. stangeri |
| Binomial name |
Protoxerus stangeri
(Waterhouse, 1842) |
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| Subspecies[2] |
- P. s. stangeri
- P. s. bea
- P. s. centricola
- P. s. cooperi
- P. s. eborivorus
- P. s. kabobo
- P. s. kwango
- P. s. loandae
- P. s. nigeriae
- P. s. personatus
- P. s. signatus
- P. s. temminckii
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The forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) is a species of rodents in the Sciuridae family found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations.
References
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| Xerus(African ground squirrels) |
- Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris)
- Mountain Ground Squirrel (Xerus princeps)
- Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
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| Spermophilopsis |
- Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
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- Thomas's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus)
- Lunda Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii)
- Carruther's Mountain Squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi)
- Funisciurus congicus
- Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
- Ribboned Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus)
- Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys)
- Funisciurus pyrrhopus
- Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
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- Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
- Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis)
- Red-legged Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)
- Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)
- Zanj Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
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| Myosciurus |
- African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
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- Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
- African Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus luciferus)
- Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri)
- Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
- Cooper's Green Squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi)
- Fernando Po Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis)
- Huet's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
- Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
- Striped Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis)
- Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius)
- Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
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| Marmotini
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