Alexander's Bush Squirrel
Paraxerus alexandri
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
Alexander's bush squirrel is a species of squirrel native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is arboreal and lives in tropical moist forests, especially undisturbed mature forests. It is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern". Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Paraxerus