Fire-footed rope squirrel
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| Fire-footed rope squirrel | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Funisciurus |
| Species: | F. pyrropus
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| Binomial name | |
| Funisciurus pyrropus (F. Cuvier, 1833)
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| File:Funisciurus pyrropus distribution.svg | |
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The fire-footed rope squirrel (Funisciurus pyrropus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
Description
[edit | edit source]It is a relatively small rodent with an adult averaging at a height of 8.1 inches (204.81 mm). Adults weigh between 225 and 240 grams (7.9 and 8.5 oz).
Habitat
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Several male squirrels chase a single female squirrel in a ritualistic chase. They bear litters of one to two pups.
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