Epixerus ebii wilsoni

Subspecies of rodent

Epixerus ebii wilsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Epixerus
Species:
E. ebii
Subspecies:
E. e. wilsoni
Trinomial name
Epixerus ebii wilsoni
(Du Chaillu, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Epixerus wilsoni
  • mayumbicus Verheyen, 1959

Epixerus ebii wilsoni is a subspecies of the squirrel Epixerus ebii from Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. It has also been treated as a separate species. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  • Grubb, P. 2004. Epixerus wilsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  • Thorington, R.W., Jr. and Hoffmann, R.S. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754–818 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)
Xerini
Atlantoxerus
  • Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)
Spermophilopsis
  • Long-clawed ground squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus)
Xerus
(African ground squirrels)
  • Subgenus Euxerus: Striped ground squirrel (Xerus erythropus)
  • Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape ground squirrel (Xerus inauris)
  • Mountain ground squirrel (Xerus princeps)
  • Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped ground squirrel (Xerus rutilus)
Protoxerini
Epixerus
  • Ebian's palm squirrel (Epixerus ebii)
Funisciurus
(African striped squirrels)
  • Thomas's rope squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus)
  • Lunda rope squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii)
  • Carruther's mountain squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi)
  • Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus)
  • Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
  • Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus)
  • Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys)
  • Fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus)
  • Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
Heliosciurus
(sun squirrels)
  • Gambian sun squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus)
  • Mutable sun squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis)
  • Small sun squirrel (Heliosciurus punctatus)
  • Red-legged sun squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium)
  • Ruwenzori sun squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)
  • Zanj sun squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus)
Myosciurus
  • African pygmy squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio)
Paraxerus
(African bush squirrels)
  • Alexander's bush squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri)
  • Boehm's bush squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
  • Smith's bush squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi)
  • Cooper's mountain squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi)
  • Striped bush squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis)
  • African red bush squirrel (Paraxerus lucifer)
  • Ochre bush squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus)
  • Red bush squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
  • Green bush squirrel (Paraxerus poensis)
  • Swynnerton's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius)
  • Vincent's bush squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti)
Protoxerus
(African giant squirrels)
  • Slender-tailed squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii)
  • Forest giant squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri)
Marmotini
(ground squirrels)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Epixerus ebii wilsoni
Epixerus wilsoni


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