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Green bush squirrel

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Green bush squirrel
Paraxerus poensis at Mount Cameroon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species:
P. poensis
Binomial name
Paraxerus poensis
(A. Smith, 1830)

The green bush squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Habitat

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and plantations.

References

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  1. ^ Grubb, P. & Ekué, M. R. M. (2008). "Paraxerus poensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.