Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw, 1923) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 11:591.

TYPE LOCALITY: Tanzania, Usambara, Lushoto, Wilhelmsthal .

DISTRIBUTION: C and E Tanzania.

SYNONYMS: byatti (Kershaw, 1923); laetus (Allen and Loveridge, 1933).

COMMENTS: It is possible that vexillarius and byatti are separate species, as treated by Allen (1939) and Ellerman (1940). Amtmann (1975) combined them but stated that they may be distinct species.