| Striped bush squirrel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Paraxerus |
| Species: | P. flavovittis |
| Binomial name | |
| Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters, 1852) | |
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