Swynnerton's bush squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Paraxerus vexillarius.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Dando, T. |author2=Kennerley, R. |date=2019 |title=Paraxerus vexillarius |volume=2019 |page=e.T16202A22242766 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T16202A22242766.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Paraxerus

| species = vexillarius

| authority = (Kershaw, 1923)

| 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. v. vexillarius
  • P. v. byatti

}}

Swynnerton's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius), also known as Svynnerton's bush squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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