Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923)
Also calledLushoto-Buschhörnchen (deu) · Svynnerton-Buschhörnchen (deu) · Usambara-Buschhörnchen (deu) · tansanianpensasorava (fin) · veverka zelenohřbetá (ces) · zaroślarka górska (pol) · Écureuil de brousse de Kershaw (fra) · Белка Свиннертона (rus) · ハタヤブリス (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9 vol.11 p.591
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Swynnerton’s Bush Squirrel is diurnal and arboreal.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCN Red List. No data are available on population trends. Major threats include large-scale loss of primary forest habitat. Small patchy distribution (not much larger than 20,000 km?) and restricted habitat have generated concern over conservation of Swynnerton’s Bush Squirrel.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437352.