MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Paraxerus alexandri

Accepted taxon: Paraxerus alexandri
Taxon:	Paraxerus alexandri
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| SCIUROMORPHA \| Sciuridae \| Xerinae \| Protoxerini \| Paraxerus
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Paraxerus alexandri.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Paraxerus alexandri.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Locomotion: Eisenberg 1981	Arboreal	Arboreal	– Christophe Soligo, Robert D. Martin, 2006, 'Adaptive origins of primates revisited', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 414-430, Virginia Hayssen, 2008, 'Patterns of Body and Tail Length and Body Mass in Sciuridae', Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 852-873

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Paraxerus alexandri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	Central Africa	g	-	-	-	-	37	54.5	72	-	Amori,G.,…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Paraxerus alexandri.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Paraxerus alexandri.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Paraxerus alexandri	Hayssen,V., 2008, Patterns of body and tail length and body mass in Sciuridae, Journal of mammalogy	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus alexandri	Nowak,R. M., 1991, Walker's mammals of the world,	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus alexandri	Amori,G., 2002, Rodents and the bushmeat harvest in Central Africa, Links between biodiversity conservation, livelihoods and food security: the sustainable use of wild meat.Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Paraxerus alexandri	Soligo,C., 2006, Adaptive origins of primates revisited, Journal of human evolution	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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