Western Palm Squirrel
Epixerus ebii (Temminck, 1853)
Also calledAfrikanisches Palmenhörnchen (deu) · Ardilla De Palmera (spa) · Großes Rotschenkelhörnchen (deu) · Temminckekorn (nob) · West-Afrikaanse Palmeekhoorn (nld) · ghananpalmuorava (fin) · kameruninpalmuorava (fin) · palmczyk rafiowy (pol) · veverka velká (ces) · Écureuil D'Ebi (fra) · Écureuil Des Palmiers (fra) · Écureuil Palmiste (fra) · Écureuil des palmier (fra) · Африканская белка (rus)
First described in: Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine p.129
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Western Palm Squirrel is diurnal. Individuals leave tree hollow nests at sunrise and return in the afternoon after intensive foraging in understories. It is highly wary while foraging and frequentlyjumps to low branches to look for predators.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Evergreen raffia palm (Raphia, Arecaceae) infused rainforest but also semideciduous and montane forests to elevations of ¢. 1000 m.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Western Palm Squirrel is solitary and moves warily through dense understories. Home ranges are large; a subadult female occupied 13 - 9 ha, and two males used an average of 21: 6 ha. When mildly alarmed, it emits staccato calls by quietly tooth chattering. If more seriously alarmed, it broadcasts high-pitched, broad-frequency calls.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. Onelitter of Western Palm Squirrels had two nestlings.
Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437272.