Funisciurus substriatus, de Winton, 1899
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Kintampo Rope Squirrel
Funisciurus substriatus View in CoL
French: Ecureuil de Kintampo / German: Kintampo-Rotschenkelhdrnchen / Spanish: Ardilla listada africana de Kintampo
Other common names: \ Vinston's Tree Squirrel
Taxonomy. Funisciurus substriatus de Winton, 1899 View in CoL ,
“Kintampo, hinterland of the
Gold Coast,”
Ghana.
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. SE Burkina Faso, extreme S Niger, Ghana, Togo, and Benin; possibly also in extreme W Nigeria.
Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 165 mm (males) and 161 mm (females), tail mean 155 mm (males and females); weight mean 186-1 g. The Kintampo Rope Squirrel is medium-sized and ground-dwelling, with greenish yellow to ocher dorsum and one faint pale longitudinalstripe along each side. Venter, cheeks, and bases of ears are pale ocher or brown. Lateralstripes are whitish, bordered by bands of darker hairs. Long, robust tail is dark ocher, with conspicuous black and buff annulations frosted with buff to cream.
Habitat. Guinea savanna habitat and drier patches of gallery forests but also rocky habitats and riparian forests.
Food and Feeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Kintampo Rope Squirrel is believed to be a generalist herbivore that also eats insects.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. The Kintampo Rope Squirrel is diurnal and can lose its tail when stressed, likely a defensive mechanism against predators.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The [UCN Red List. No information is available on population trends of the Kintampo Rope Squirrel. Information on its extent of occurrence, status, and ecological is scarce. No particular conservation threats have been identified.
Bibliography. Amtmann (1975), Refisch (1998), Robinson (1967), Thorington & Schennum (2013a), Thorington et al. (2012).
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