#0376 · 🦊 mammals

Smith's Bush Squirrel

🇳🇱 Smiths Boseekhoorn ·Paraxerus cepapi

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Justin Ponder · CC BY 4.0
2. © Bob McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © copper · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © marcelvds · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Eric van den Berghe · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jaunne-Marelize Van Tonder · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Carol McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Carol McDougall · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Smith's bush squirrel , the yellow-footed squirrel , or the tree squirrel in South Africa, Paraxerus cepapi , is an African bush squirrel found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is a common rodent which is diurnal by nature.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,502iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,502 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Andrew Smith in 1836 (190 years ago).