Funisciurus pyrropus
(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1833)
Fire-footed 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
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1833-02. Livraison 66. in Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. and Cuvier, F. 1818-1842. Histoire naturelle des mammifères, avec figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'après des animaux vivants. Blaise, Paris.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518361Original name as described
Pyrropus
Other common names
Red-legged Rope Squirrel
Type material
MNHN 380
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Gabon.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi?
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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