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Red Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus palliatus

Description:

"The upperparts vary from grizzled dark grey to grizzled black. The underparts, sides of the face, lower limbs and tail are bright reddish,yellowish or auburn."(Smithers' mammals of southern africa a field guide. fourth edition)

Habitat:

Thick bushes.

Notes:

Picture taken on the benguerra island, Mozambique. On the trails between a lodge building and another they hid in the bushes and were so fast it took an hour of trodding back and forth to take a decent shot.

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3 Comments

AdrianoZaniniAstaldi
AdrianoZaniniAstaldi 11 years ago

thankyou very much :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 11 years ago

Very interesting first spotting Adriano! Welcome to Project Noah.

ImilyaSousou
ImilyaSousou 11 years ago

but is very funny

Mozambique

Spotted on Aug 16, 2012
Submitted on Sep 9, 2012

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