Fire-footed rope squirrel
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Fire-footed rope squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Funisciurus |
Species: | F. pyrropus
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Binomial name | |
Funisciurus pyrropus (F. Cuvier, 1833)
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Subspecies[2] | |
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Geographic range |
The fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
Description
It is a relatively small rodent with an adult averaging at a height of 8.1 inches or 204.81 mm. Adults weigh between 225 and 240 grams.
Habitat
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.
Diet
They are primarily herbivores. Their main diet consists of fruit and seeds. When food is scarce, they resort to eating small termites and ants.
Mating
Several male squirrels chase a single female squirrel in a ritualistic chase. They bear litters of one to two pups.[3]
References
- ^ Grubb, P. (2008). "Funisciurus pyrropus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Funisciurus pyrropus (F.Cuvier, 1833)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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