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Small mammals
Smith's bush squirrel
Smith's bush squirrel · Paraxerus cepapi
The Smith's bush squirrel leaps nimbly through savanna trees and surprises you with its social calls and bushy tail.
Fact file
- Size
- Head-body length about 16 to 21 cm, weight about 150 to 200 g
- Males and females
- External differences hardly noticeable
- Sounds
- Sharp, scraping alarm calls
- Diet
- Seeds, nuts, fruit, bark, insects
- Offspring
- Litter size usually two to three young, independent after about 6 weeks
How to identify Smith's bush squirrel
The Smith's bush squirrel is delicately built, with a slender body and bushy tail, and a head-body length of about 16 to 21 centimetres. It usually weighs between 150 and 200 grams, so it appears clearly smaller than the European squirrel.
The short, dense fur ranges from sandy to grey-brown to olive-brown and often shows faint light and dark stripes along the back. The belly is whitish to cream-coloured. Its bushy, black-patterned tail is striking, which it curls around its body when resting.
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Where Smith's bush squirrel live
Namibia
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