Funisciurus substriatus

de Winton, 1899

Kintampo 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

de Winton, W.E. 1899-11-01. On mammals collected by Lieut.-Colonel W. Giffard in the northern territory of the Gold Coast. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(23):353-359.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19209100

Original name as described

Funisciurus substriatus

Other common names

Winston's Tree Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.6.15.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8de09eb6-51f2-4e00-8ee5-618edad89b49

Type locality

"Kintampo, hinterland of the Gold Coast," Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria?

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001812

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Funisciurus substriatus

de Winton, 1899

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

substriatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.6.15.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8de09eb6-51f2-4e00-8ee5-618edad89b49

Authority page

357

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19209100

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Happold (2013:60) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8763/115089293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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