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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Xerinae
--> TRIBE Protoxerini
--> GENUS Funisciurus
SPECIES Funisciurus leucogenys
| Author: | Waterhouse, 1842. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10: 202. | | Common Name: | Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel | | Type Locality: | Equatorial Guinea, Bioko "...brought from Fernando Po". | | Distribution: | Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rio Muni, Bioko. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Waterhouse (1842[1843]) renamed this species erythrogenys, "red-cheeked" in an attempt to replace the inappropriate name leucogenys, "white-cheeked". This is an unjustified emendation. |
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