Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Paraxerus

description: Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893
Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1893: 189.
Type Species: Sciurus cepapi A. Smith 1836
Synonyms: Aethosciurus Thomas 1916; Montisciurus Eisentraut 1976; Tamiscus Thomas 1918.
Species and subspecies: 11 species with 35 subspecies:
Species Paraxerus alexandri Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Species Paraxerus boehmi (Reichenow 1886)
Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. boehmi Reichenow 1886
Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. antoniae Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. emini Stuhlman 1894
Subspecies Paraxerus boehmi subsp. gazellae Thomas 1918
Species Paraxerus cepapi (A. Smith 1836)
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. cepapi A. Smith 1836
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. bororensis Roberts 1946
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. carpi Lundholm 1955
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. cepapoides Roberts 1946
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. chobiensis Roberts 1932
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. phalaena Thomas 1926
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. quotus Wroughton 1909
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. sindi Thomas and Wroughton 1908
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. soccatus Wroughton 1909
Subspecies Paraxerus cepapi subsp. yulei Thomas 1902
Species Paraxerus cooperi Hayman 1950
Species Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters 1852)
Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. flavovittis Peters 1852
Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. exgeanus Hinton 1920
Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. ibeanus Hinton 1920
Subspecies Paraxerus flavovittis subsp. mossambicus Thomas 1919
Species Paraxerus lucifer Thomas 1897
Species Paraxerus ochraceus (Huet 1880)
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. ochraceus Huet 1880
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. affinis Trouessart 1897
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. animosus Dollman 1911
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. aruscensis Pagenstecher 1885
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. electus Thomas 1909
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. ganana Rhoads 1896
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. jacksoni De Winton 1897
Subspecies Paraxerus ochraceus subsp. kahari Heller 1911
Species Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. palliatus Peters 1852
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. bridgemani Dollman 1914
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. frerei Gray 1873
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. ornatus Gray 1864
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. swynnertoni Wroughton 1908
Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. tanae Neumann 1902
Species Paraxerus poensis (A. Smith 1830)
Species Paraxerus vexillarius Kershaw 1923
Subspecies Paraxerus vexillarius subsp. vexillarius Kershaw 1923
Subspecies Paraxerus vexillarius subsp. byatti Kershaw 1923
Species Paraxerus vincenti Hayman 1950
Discussion: Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). Originally a subgenus of Xerus; includes Aethosciurus (with the exception of ruwenzorii, here included in Heliosciurus), Montisciurus, and Tamiscus. Recent molecular work of Mercer and Roth (2003) suggests that Paraxerus is not closely related to Funambulus, but to the rest of the African squirrels, in which case, it should be placed in the tribe Protoxerini.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 795, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535