Striped bush squirrel

Striped bush squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Paraxerus
Species:	P. flavovittis
Binomial name
Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters, 1852)
Subspecies [2]
P. f. flavovittis P. f. exgeanus P. f. ibeanus P. f. mossambicus

The striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and plantations.

References

1. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Paraxerus flavovittis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T16207A115131995. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16207A22242928.en . Retrieved 22 June 2025.
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.