Ebian's palm squirrel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Protoxerini |
Genus: | Epixerus Thomas, 1909 |
Species: | E. ebii
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Binomial name | |
Epixerus ebii (Temminck, 1853)
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Range of western palm squirrel |
Epixerus ebii, also known as Ebian's palm squirrel, Temminck's giant squirrel, or the western palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the only species in the genus Epixerus, although eastern populations (subspecies Epixerus ebii wilsoni) were previously regarded as a separate species, E. wilsoni.[2] It is found in West and Central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Epixerus ebii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7899A22245089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7899A22245089.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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.