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 rodents in the Sciuridae family found in Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the 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
- ↑ Grubb, P. & Ekué, M. R. M. (2008). Paraxerus poensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.