Swynnerton's bush squirrel

Swynnerton's bush squirrel
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Paraxerus
Species:
P. vexillarius
Binomial name
Paraxerus vexillarius
(Kershaw, 1923)
Subspecies
  • 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.