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The African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is monotypic within the genus Myosciurus.It is found in tropical rainforests in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. [2]
The African bush squirrels are a genus of squirrels, Paraxerus, in the subfamily Xerinae. [1] They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: Alexander's bush squirrel (P. alexandri) Boehm's bush squirrel (P. boehmi) Smith's bush squirrel (P. cepapi) Cooper's mountain squirrel (P. cooperi) Striped bush squirrel (P. flavovittis)
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species: [1] Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri; Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
The striped ground squirrel (Euxerus erythropus) is a species of squirrel native to Africa. It was first described by Geoffroy in 1803, [1] [4] but the binomial authority is sometimes incorrectly [5] cited as "Desmarest, 1817". [2] There are six subspecies. It is a moderately large ground squirrel with sandy-brown or dark-brown fur with a white ...
The Cape ground squirrel usually does not need to drink as it gets sufficient moisture from its food. [5] A ground squirrel's daily activities are made of around 70% feeding, 15-20% being vigilant and around 10% socializing. [9] [12] The squirrels use the position of the sun as an orientation marker to hide and recover their food. [15]
The South African ground squirrel does not hibernate. These squirrels are very social and live in groups with about 1 to 3 females and 2 to 3 males. Sometimes, the number of males can exceed up to 9 with some sub-adult females.
Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi), also known as the yellow-footed squirrel or tree squirrel, is an African bush squirrel which is native to woodlands of the southern Afrotropics. Range [ edit ]
The woodland dormouse (Graphiurus murinus) is a species of rodent in the family Gliridae. [2] It is native to southern and eastern Africa and is also known as the African dormouse, African dwarf dormouse, African pygmy dormouse, or colloquially as micro squirrel.