Ebian's palm squirrel
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| Ebian's palm squirrel | |
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| File:Westafrikanisches Palmenhörnchen 2014 crop.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: | Epixerus Thomas, 1909 |
| Species: | E. ebii
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| Binomial name | |
| Epixerus ebii (Temminck, 1853)
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| Subspecies[2] | |
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| File:Epixerus ebii distribution map.png | |
| Range of western palm squirrel | |
Epixerus ebii, also known as Ebian's palm squirrel, Temminck's giant squirrel, or the western palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the only species in the genus Epixerus, although eastern populations (subspecies Epixerus ebii wilsoni) were previously regarded as a separate species, E. wilsoni.[2] It is found in West and Central Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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