Kintampo rope squirrel

Kintampo Rope Squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funisciurus
Species: F. substriatus
Binomial name
Funisciurus substriatus
De Winton, 1899

The Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, and Togo. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

References

  1. Grubb, P. & Ekué, M. R. M. (2008). Funisciurus substriatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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