Tom Larson Collected Gray footed squirrel Genus species - Paraxerus capapi: Capapi Tribe - Funambulini Subfamily - Sciurinae Family - Sciuridae Superfamily - Sciuroidea Suborder - SCIUROMORPHA Order - RODENTIA Example specimen - KWT. Mus, Shortridge, ?, No. 6741, 3 June 1989, Alt. 1100 m, Scanu Kanu Village, Groot-fontein Dist. S.W. Afr. (Personally Collected) young - HB-150, HF-43, Ear-19 Description Head - whiskers black and long, head a chestnut brown, becoming darker toward neck, whitish around eyes, cheeks and behind eye a whitish grey, chin and throat white. Ears small, light hair. Body - grey brown mixed with black and an under buffish coat. Hair at base a dark grey. Below whitish grey. Tail - long hairs, thick, a mottled black- grey-brown above, below buffish with black and light bands in hair. Fore feet - 4 toes, 4 claws, pads bare brown, buff hairs on toes, tufts protruding out beyond claws, legs buffish.