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title: "Scoiattolo da Albero"
description: "Paraxerus cepapi — Mammiferi. Smith's bush squirrel, also known as the yellow-footed squirrel or tree squirrel, is an African bush squirrel which is native to woodlands of the southern Afrotropics."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/smith-s-bush-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Scoiattolo da Albero

> Paraxerus cepapi — Mammiferi. Smith's bush squirrel, also known as the yellow-footed squirrel or tree squirrel, is an African bush squirrel which is native to woodlands of the southern Afrotropics.

- Scientific name: *Paraxerus cepapi*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 3406
- Wikidata: [Q1764869](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1764869)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46110](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46110)

## Names

- en: Smith's Bush Squirrel
- de: Smith-Buschhörnchen
- es: Ardilla de Arbol
- fr: Écureuil de brousse de Smith
- it: Scoiattolo da Albero
- pt: Esquilo-da-savana
- pl: Zaroślarka akacjowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1762), BW (515), NA (427), ZW (297), ZM (121), MW (53), MZ (14), TZ (3)

## Summary

Smith's bush squirrel, also known as the yellow-footed squirrel or tree squirrel, is an African bush squirrel which is native to woodlands of the southern Afrotropics.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith's_bush_squirrel

## Photo

![Scoiattolo da Albero](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/smith-s-bush-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66832063

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/smith-s-bush-squirrel?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).