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Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Protoxerini
Genus: Funisciurus
Trouessart, 1880
Type species
Sciurus isabella
Species
  • Funisciurus anerythrus
  • Funisciurus bayonii
  • Funisciurus carruthersi
  • Funisciurus congicus
  • Funisciurus duchaillui
  • Funisciurus isabella
  • Funisciurus lemniscatus
  • Funisciurus leucogenys
  • Funisciurus pyrropus
  • Funisciurus substriatus

African striped squirrels (genus Funisciurus), or rope squirrels, form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae and the tribe Protoxerini.[1] They are only found in western and central Africa.

There are ten 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)
  • Du Chaillu's rope squirrel (Funisciurus duchaillui)
  • Lady Burton's rope squirrel (Funisciurus isabella)
  • Ribboned rope squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus)
  • Red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys)
  • Fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus)
  • Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus)
  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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