Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters, 1852) . Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin , 17:274 . TYPE LOCALITY: NE Mozambique , Mocimboa, 11 °S on the coast. "Africa orientalis, Mossimboa, Quitangonha, a 11 ° ad 15° Lat. Austr." DISTRIBUTION: S Kenya , Tanzania , N Mozambique . SYNONYMS: exgeanus (Hinton, 1920); ibeanus (Hinton, 1920); mossambicus ( Thomas, 1919 ). COMMENTS: Commonly spelled flavivittis but this was an unjustified emendation by Peters (1852) .