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Paraxerus palliatus (Red bush squirrel)

red-bellied coast squirrel, red squirrel [English]; rooi eekhoring [Afrikaans]

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Synapsida (mammal-like reptiles) > Therapsida > Theriodontia >  Cynodontia > Mammalia (mammals) > Placentalia (placental mammals) > Euarchontaglires > Glires > Rodentia (rodents) > Sciurognathi > Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)

Paraxerus palliatus (Red bush squirrel)

Paraxerus palliatus (Red bush squirrel), Saint Lucia Wetlands Reserve, South Africa. [photo Coke Smith ©]