African striped squirrels Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Tribe:	Protoxerini
Genus:	Funisciurus Trouessart, 1880
Species
Funisciurus carruthersi Funisciurus isabella Funisciurus lemniscatus Funisciurus congicus Funisciurus bayonii Funisciurus substriatus Funisciurus leucogenys Funisciurus pyrropus Funisciurus anerythrus

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:

• Funisciurus carruthersi
• Funisciurus isabella
• Funisciurus lemniscatus
• Funisciurus congicus
• Funisciurus bayonii
• Funisciurus substriatus
• Funisciurus leucogenys
• Funisciurus pyrrhopus
• Funisciurus anerythrus

[edit] 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

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Xerini (Spiny squirrels) Atlantoxerus Barbary Ground Squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus) Xerus (African ground squirrels) Subgenus Euxerus: Striped Ground Squirrel (Xerus erythropus) Subgenus Geosciurus: Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) · Mountain Ground Squirrel (Xerus princeps) Subgenus Xerus: Unstriped Ground Squirrel (Xerus rutilus) Spermophilopsis Long-clawed Ground Squirrel (Spermophilopsis leptodactylus) Protoxerini Epixerus Ebian's Palm Squirrel (Epixerus ebii) · Baifran Palm Squirrel (Epixerus wilsoni) Funisciurus (African striped squirrels) Thomas's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus anerythrus) · Lunda Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus bayonii) · Carruther's Mountain Squirrel (Funisciurus carruthersi) · Funisciurus congicus · Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) · Ribboned Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus lemniscatus) · Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) · Funisciurus pyrrhopus · Kintampo Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus) Heliosciurus (Sun squirrels) Gambian Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus gambianus) · Mutable Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus mutabilis) · Red-legged Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus rufobrachium) · Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii) · Zanj Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus undulatus) Myosciurus African Pygmy Squirrel (Myosciurus pumilio) Paraxerus (African bush squirrels) Smith's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) · African Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus luciferus) · Alexander's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus alexandri) · Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi) · Cooper's Green Squirrel (Paraxerus cooperi) · Fernando Po Squirrel (Paraxerus poensis) · Huet's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus ochraceus) · Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus) · Striped Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus flavovittis) · Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vexillarius) · Vincent's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus vincenti) Protoxerus (African giant squirrels) Slender-tailed Squirrel (Protoxerus aubinnii) · Forest Giant Squirrel (Protoxerus stangeri) Marmotini (Ground squirrels) Large tribe listed separately Category

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