Congo rope squirrel

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Congo rope squirrel
File:Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus).jpg
Damaraland, Namibia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funisciurus
Species:
F. congicus
Binomial name
Funisciurus congicus
(Kuhl, 1820)

The Congo rope squirrel (Funisciurus congicus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo south of the Congo River, western Angola, and northern Namibia. It is mainly associated with dense woodland, but in Namibia also with vegetation on granite outcrops. It is diurnal and arboreal, but also forages on the ground.[1]

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