Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel

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Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funisciurus
Species: F. leucogenys
Binomial name
Funisciurus leucogenys
(Waterhouse, 1842)

The Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

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