Cooper's mountain squirrel

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Cooper's mountain squirrel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species:
P. cooperi
Binomial name
Paraxerus cooperi
(Hayman, 1950)

Cooper's mountain squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Cameroon and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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References

  1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R.; Koprowski, J. (2017). "Paraxerus cooperi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T16206A22243007. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T16206A22243007.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.