Kintampo rope squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Kintampo rope squirrel Funisciurus substriatus Data deficient

Where the Kintampo rope squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 71 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map

Scientific name	Funisciurus substriatus
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the Kintampo rope squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Kintampo rope squirrel in 1 country or territory across Africa.

Benin

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Kintampo rope squirrel endangered?

The Kintampo rope squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Kintampo rope squirrel?

The Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Funisciurus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Kintampo rope squirrel

The Kintampo rope squirrel (Funisciurus substriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Niger, and Togo. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Kintampo rope squirrel (revision 1314799454), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q308773 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).