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| Specimens with Sequences: | 2 |
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| Species: | 1 |
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African striped squirrel
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
References
- 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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