Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852) [Sciurus] palliatus Peters 1852 , Bericht Verhandl. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin , 17: 273 . Type Locality: Mozambique , mainland near Mocambique Isl "Africa orientalis, Quintangonha, 15° Lat. Austr." . Vernacular Names: Red Bush Squirrel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. palliatus Peters 1852 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. bridgemani Dollman 1914 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. frerei Gray 1873 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. ornatus Gray 1864 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. swynnertoni Wroughton 1908 Subspecies Paraxerus palliatus subsp. tanae Neumann 1902 Distribution: S Somalia , E Kenya , E Tanzania , Malawi , Mozambique , Zimbabwe , KwaZulu-Natal ( South Africa ). Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Kingdon (1974 b ) recognized three subspecies in the northern part of the range, Viljoen (1989) recognized four in the southern part.