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Southern African Tree Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)

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Class: Mammalia
Family: Sciuridae
Common Name: Southern African Tree Squirrel
Genus: Paraxerus
Species Name: cepapi

About The Southern African Tree Squirrel

Habitat and Ecology
This is a savanna woodland species, occurring particularly in mopane woodland, Acacia woodland and mixed associations such as Acacia/Terminalia, Acacia/Combretum and others. They are less common in Brachystegia/Julbernardia and Baikiaea woodland probably because these do not provide tree holes necessary for resting and breeding sites. The species is arboreal and terrestrial, and living mainly in groups.

Systems
  • Terrestrial


Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: Grubb, P. 2008. Paraxerus cepapi. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Member Lifelists

Africa
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
6/3/2001
not 100% certain of ID.

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