Paraxerus alexandri
Silhouette: Joseph Smit · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
Alexander's bush squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) is a species of squirrel native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is arboreal and lives in tropical moist forests, especially undisturbed mature forests. It is a common species with a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being of "least concern". Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate Lieutenant Boyd Alexander, a British Army officer, explorer and ornithologist.
This is a very small squirrel with a head-and-body length of about 100 mm (4 in) and a tail about 110 mm (4.3 in) in length, with a weight of 40 to 70 g (1.4 to 2.5 oz). The fur is a grizzled mixture of yellow, grey and black, with a few black guard hairs, giving an overall impression of a greenish-brown colour. There is a broad band of tawny orange running from the head to the rump, bordered on either side by a thin black band and a narrow creamy-white band. The underparts are a paler greenish-brown colour, sometimes with yellowish blotches. The head is a similar colour, there is a white eye-ring and the ears are fringed with white. The limbs are greenish-brown and there are four digits... Wikipedia →
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Uganda · 2022
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda |
More parks will be added in future updates.
No species of the same family or order lives in Semuliki National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report an Alexander's Bush Squirrel sighting in Semuliki National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 6th most-seen of the 7 mammals we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 80% of wildlife watchers report an Alexander's Bush Squirrel in Semuliki National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, June and October, the lowest months. That is one of Semuliki National Park's driest months, with about 5 mm of rain against 140 mm in May. March, May, August–September and December have too few records to rate.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Alexander's Bush Squirrel sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Semuliki National Park, in our data
Semuliki National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Alexander's Bush Squirrel sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Alexander's Bush Squirrel is recorded against all the mammals logged in Semuliki National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
