Paraxerus ochraceus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,565 meters (0 to 5,135 feet).[1]

Ecology: It is commonly found in dry thornveld habitat and thickets, and, according to Kingdon (1997) in wooded riverine strips in arid country. Apparently this is a fairly adaptable species, and is commonly found in cultivated areas and living in association with humans in the roofs of houses. The species has a litter size of two or three young. [2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Paraxerus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. alexandri (Alexander's Bush Squirrel) · P. boehmi (Boehm's Bush Squirrel) · P. cepapi (Yellow-Footed Squirrel) · P. cepapi cepapi (Smith's Bush Squirrel) · P. cooperi (African Bush Squirrels) · P. flavovittis (Striped Bush Squirrel) · P. lucifer (Black and Red Bush Squirrel) · P. ochraceus (Huet's Bush Squirrel) · P. palliatus (Red Bush Squirrel) · P. poensis (Small Green Squirrel) · P. vexillarius (Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel) · P. vincenti (Vincent's Bush Squirrel)

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Further Reading

• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , , p. 15, p. 16, p. 20.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 89 1942 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 152, p. 182, p. 301, p. 302, p. 569, p. 573, p. 578, p. 580, p. 624, p. 637, p. 659, p. 660, p. 730.
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 308.
• Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society: official publication of the Coryndon Memorial Museum (Museum Trustees of Kenya). Nairobi, Kenya: The Museum, 1942-[1960] url p. 68, p. 86.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 11.
• The families and genera of living rodents / by J.R. Ellerman; with a list of named forms (1758-1936) by R.W. Hayman and G.W.C.Holt. London: British Museum, 1940. url p. 407.
• The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url .

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 14, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• Grubb, P. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Grubb, P. 2004. Paraxerus ochraceus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Grubb, P. 2008. Paraxerus ochraceus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 03February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 14, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109323
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-632399
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13812338
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 632399
• IUCN ID: 230344
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 8987

Footnotes

1. Mean = 85.920 meters (281.890 feet), Standard Deviation = 2,149.070 based on 12 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Grubb, P. 2008. Paraxerus ochraceus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 February 2012. [back]

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