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Red Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus palliatus (Peters, 1852) — also called Ardilla de matorral roja, Ecureuil mantelé. Occurrence records of the Red Bush Squirrel are shared on GBIF from around 16 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (44 records).

IUCN: Least concernSciuridae
16reserves with records
170records around them
1provinces
LCIUCN category
Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
Photo: Joseph Wolf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal44
St. Lucia SystemProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal23
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal20
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal17
Kosi BayNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal14
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal11
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal9
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal8
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational parkKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
False Bay ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Phinda Resource ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Coastal Forest ReserveForest reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal2
St. Lucia Marine ReserveMarine protected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal2

By province

KwaZulu-Natal
16 reserves

Taxonomy

Class
Mammalia
Family
Sciuridae
Scientific name
Paraxerus palliatus
GBIF taxon
2437349
Wikidata
Q1762179

More of the Sciuridae family

Smith's Bush SquirrelEastern Gray SquirrelSouth African Ground Squirrel

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.