Red bush squirrel

Red bush squirrel
	Nominate race in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Paraxerus
Species:	P. palliatus
Binomial name
	Paraxerus palliatus; (Peters, 1852)
Subspecies
	P. p. palliatus; P. p. bridgemani; P. p. frerei; P. p. ornatus; P. p. sponsus; P. p. swynnertoni; P. p. tanae;

The red bush squirrel or red-bellied coast squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, which is found in bush and forest along the eastern seaboard of Africa. It is closely related to P. lucifer, P. vexillarius and P. (p.) vincenti.

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