Facts about the Tree Squirrel -- Paraxerus cepapi:

A summary of most interesting statistics (size, gestation...), amazing environmental adaptations & fascinating facts about social habits, etc.

SIZE: Length (including tail) 35 cm, mass 190 g.

COLOUR: Grizzled colouration varying from pale grey to yellow-grey and rusty grey; upper limbs sometimes more rusty than body. Underparts are white, off-white or buffy; eyes circled by white. Tail is flecked with black.

POTENTIAL LONGEVITY: 15 years

MOST LIKE: The Ground Squirrel, but is always found in association with savanna woodland and not with open, arid terrain. Lacks ground squirrel's white side stripe.

HABITAT: Savanna woodland, where the trunks and branches of trees offer plentiful holes for shelter.

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REPRODUCTION & GESTATION PERIOD:

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WHERE FOUND:
Kruger National Park (South Africa)