Smith's Bush Squirrel
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Smith's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus cepapi

Overview

Kruger National Park, the Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park are among eleven atlas places where Smith's Bush Squirrel is recorded. Records for this mammal concentrate in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The atlas holds 252 open records of Paraxerus cepapi from seven countries. This map covers the full extent of the records currently held in the atlas for the species, which are also frequently noted in Etosha and Mapungubwe National Parks.

Records
252
Countries
7
Atlas places
11
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Smith's Bush Squirrel as much as where it lives. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 135 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Botswana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 49 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Namibia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 39 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zambia
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 14 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 9 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Mozambique
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 4 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely
  • Malawi
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 2 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Smith's Bush Squirrel