Striped bush squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Striped bush squirrel

| image = Paraxerus flavovittis 47847299.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Grubb, P.|year=2008|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16207/0|title=Paraxerus flavovittis|access-date=6 January 2009}}

| genus = Paraxerus

| species = flavovittis

| authority = (Peters, 1852)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision_ref = {{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|pages=754–818|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter=Family Sciuridae|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}

| subdivision =

  • P. f. flavovittis
  • P. f. exgeanus
  • P. f. ibeanus
  • P. f. mossambicus

| synonyms =

}}

The striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and plantations.

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