Slender-tailed squirrel
The slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
| Slender-tailed squirrel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Protoxerus |
| Species: | P. aubinnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Protoxerus aubinnii (Gray, 1873) | |
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References
- Decher, J. & Grubb, P. (2019). "Protoxerus aubinnii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T18385A8188103. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18385A8188103.en.
- Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
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