Funisciurus
| African striped squirrels Temporal range: Recent |
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| Funisciurus isabella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Xerinae |
| Tribe: | Protoxerini |
| Genus: |
Funisciurus Trouessart, 1880 |
| Species | |
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:
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