Overview
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African striped squirrels (genus Funisciurus), or rope squirrels, form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae and the tribe Protoxerini. They are only found in western and central Africa.
African striped squirrels have been implicated in the spread of human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There are 9 species in the genus:
- Thomas's Rope Squirrel Funisciurus anerythrus
- Lunda Rope Squirrel Funisciurus bayonii
- Carruther's Mountain Squirrel Funisciurus carruthersi
- Congo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus congicus
- Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel Funisciurus isabella
- Ribboned Rope Squirrel Funisciurus lemniscatus
- Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel Funisciurus leucogenys
- Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus pyrrhopus
- Kintampo Rope Squirrel Funisciurus substriatus
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- Nowak, Ronald M. (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp 1277-1279.
- http://www.squirrels.org/names.html
Taxonomy
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The Genus Funisciurus is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in the Genus Funisciurus: F. alexandri · F. anerythrus (Thomas's Rope Squirrel) · F. anerythrus anerythrus · F. auriculatus · F. bayonii (Bocage's Tree Squirrel) · F. carruthersi (Carruther's Mountain Squirrel) · F. carruthersi birgungensis · F. congicus (Striped Tree Squirrel) · F. duchaillui · F. isabella (Gray's Four-Striped Squirrel) · F. lemniscatus (Leconte's Four-Striped Tree Squirrel) · F. leucogenys (Orange Headed Tree Squirrel) · F. mystax · F. pyrrhopus (Fire-Footed Rope Squirrel) · F. pyrropus (Cuvier's Fire-Footed Squirrel) · F. substriatus (De Winton's Tree Squirrel) · F. vexillarius
References
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- Nowak, Ronald M. (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition, Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp 1277-1279.
- http://www.squirrels.org/names.html
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