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]
^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. ISBN0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
fire, footed, rope, squirrel, fire, footed, rope, squirrel, funisciurus, pyrropus, species, rodent, family, sciuridae, conservation, statusleast, concern, iucn, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, chordataclass, mammaliaorder, r. The fire footed rope squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae Fire footed rope squirrelConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass MammaliaOrder RodentiaFamily SciuridaeGenus FunisciurusSpecies F pyrropusBinomial nameFunisciurus pyrropus F Cuvier 1833 Subspecies 2 F p pyrropus F p akka F p leonis F p leucostigma F p mandingo F p nigrensis F p niveatus F p pembertoni F p talbotiGeographic range Contents 1 Description 2 Habitat 3 Diet 4 Mating 5 ReferencesDescription EditIt 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 EditIt 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 EditThey are primarily herbivores Their main diet consists of fruit and seeds When food is scarce they resort to eating small termites and ants Mating EditSeveral male squirrels chase a single female squirrel in a ritualistic chase They bear litters of one to two pups 3 References Edit Grubb P 2008 Funisciurus pyrropus IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008 Retrieved 6 January 2009 old form url 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 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Funisciurus pyrropus F Cuvier 1833 www gbif org Retrieved 2023 02 27 This squirrel article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fire footed rope squirrel amp oldid 1144994419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
