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Epixerus ebii wilsoni

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Epixerus ebii wilsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Epixerus
Species:
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

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  • 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