Fire-footed rope squirrel

The fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in West and Central Africa from Senegal to Uganda and south to Angola. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and plantations.

Fire-footed rope squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funisciurus
Species:
F. pyrropus
Binomial name
Funisciurus pyrropus
(F. Cuvier, 1833)
Subspecies[2]
  • F. p. pyrropus
  • F. p. akka
  • F. p. leonis
  • F. p. leucostigma
  • F. p. mandingo
  • F. p. nigrensis
  • F. p. niveatus
  • F. p. pembertoni
  • F. p. talboti
Geographic range

References
  1. Grubb, P. (2008). "Funisciurus pyrropus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.


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