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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330275Original 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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