Lady Burton's rope squirrel

Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Funisciurus
Species:	F. isabella
Binomial name
*Funisciurus isabella* (Gray, 1862)
Subspecies^[2]
F. i. isabella F. i. dubosti

The Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel (Funisciurus isabella) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

↑ Grubb, P. (2008). Funisciurus isabella. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
↑ Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.

Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Xerinae)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Xerini

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

Lady Burton's rope squirrel

See also

References