Boehm's bush squirrel

Boehm's bush squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species:
P. boehmi
Binomial name
Paraxerus boehmi
(Reichenow, 1886)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. b. boehmi
  • P. b. antoniae
  • P. b. emini
  • P. b. gazellae

Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and moist savanna.

  1. ^ Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Paraxerus boehmi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16204A115131686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16204A22242582.en. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.