Funisciurus lemniscatus

(Le Conte, 1857)

Ribboned 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Le Conte, J.E. 1857-02-25. Descriptions of several new mammals from western Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 9(1):10-11.

Original name as described

Sciurus lemniscatus

Type material

ANSP 1604

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Western Africa," Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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