{{Short description|Genus of rodents}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Smiths Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) on post.jpg | image_caption = Smith's bush squirrel (''P. cepapi'') | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Paraxerus | authority = Forsyth Major, 1893 | type_species = ''Sciurus cepapi'' | type_species_authority = A. Smith, 1834 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}

The '''African bush squirrels''' are a genus of squirrels, '''''Paraxerus''''', in the subfamily Xerinae.<ref>{{MSW3|id=12400825}}</ref> They are only found in Africa. The 11 species in this genus are: *Alexander's bush squirrel (''P. alexandri'') *Boehm's bush squirrel (''P. boehmi'') *Smith's bush squirrel (''P. cepapi'') *Cooper's mountain squirrel (''P. cooperi'') *Striped bush squirrel (''P. flavovittis'') *Black and red bush squirrel (''P. lucifer'') *Ochre bush squirrel (''P. ochraceus'') *Red bush squirrel (''P. palliatus'') *Green bush squirrel (''P. poensis'') *Swynnerton's bush squirrel (''P. vexillarius'') *Vincent's bush squirrel (''P. vincenti'')

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *https://web.archive.org/web/20070329003419/http://www.squirrels.org/names.html

{{S. Xerinae nav}} {{Sciuromorpha|state=collapsed}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q385914}}

Category:Paraxerus Category:Taxa named by Charles Immanuel Forsyth Major

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