Paraxerus poensis (A. Smith, 1830) . S. Afr. Quart. J., 2:128.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko " Fernando Póo."

DISTRIBUTION: Sierra Leone, SE Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, S Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea), Congo, W Zaire.

SYNONYMS: affinis (Rhoads, 1896); musculinus (Temminck, 1853); olivaceus (Milne-Edwards, 1867); subviridescens (Le Conte, 1857).

COMMENTS: Subgenus Aethosciurus according to Moore (1959).