Funisciurus duchaillui
Sanborn, 1953
Du Chaillu's Rope Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Xerinae |
| Tribe | : Protoxerini |
| Genus | : Funisciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Sanborn, C.C. 1953. Notes sur quelques mammifères de l'Afrique equatoriale française. Mammalia 17(3):164-169.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1953.17.3.164Original name as described
Funisciurus duchaillui
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:73739
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"provient de Poingi (altitude 2.700 pieds [= 2,700 feet]), à 40 milles à l'Est de Mimongo [= 40 miles east of Mimongo], dans les Monts Du Chaillu, Gabon, Afrique Equatoriale Française."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Gabon
Taxonomy notes
split from F. isabella
Taxonomy notes citation
Brugière, D., Fleury, M.-C. and Colyn, M. 2005. Structure of the squirrel community in the Forêt des Abeilles, central Gabon: rediscovery and revalidation of Funisciurus duchaillui Sanborn, 1953. Mammalia 69: 223-231.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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