Funisciurus pyrropus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	SCIURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Funisciurus pyrropus

Species Authority:

(F. Cuvier, 1833)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Fire-footed Rope Squirrel

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Grubb, P.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, it occurs in a number of protected areas, has a tolerance of a degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2004	–	Least Concern
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species has been widely recorded in West Africa and Central Africa. It has a disjunct distribution range, and is found in four main areas. It ranges from The Gambia to southern Ghana, west of the Dahomey Gap; from southern Nigeria to Central African Republic and south to Gabon (including Equatorial Guinea); from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, north of the Congo to Uganda and Rwanda; with the fourth population in southern Congo and northern Angola. It has been recorded from sea level to at least 1,650 m asl on Mount Bintamane (Sierra Leone).
Countries:	Native: Angola; Cameroon; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Uganda Presence uncertain: Burundi
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Population [top]

Population:	It is generally considered to be a quite common species.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is associated with lowland tropical moist forest habitat, but populations are also found in coastal scrub and savanna in parts of the range (e.g. Ghana). It can be found in forest edge habitats, clearings and secondary growth formations. Grubb et al. (1998) state that in Sierra Leone the replacement of forest with farm bush and farms appears to have been favoured by the species. This is considered to be a pest species on some on farms and cocoa plantations. It is diurnal, and predominantly arboreal (apparently favouring palm trees such as Raphia), although animals are also seen foraging on the ground.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species is associated with lowland tropical moist forest habitat, but populations are also found in coastal scrub and savanna in parts of the range (e.g. Ghana). It can be found in forest edge habitats, clearings and secondary growth formations. Grubb et al. (1998) state that in Sierra Leone the replacement of forest with farm bush and farms appears to have been favoured by the species. This is considered to be a pest species on some on farms and cocoa plantations. It is diurnal, and predominantly arboreal (apparently favouring palm trees such as Raphia), although animals are also seen foraging on the ground.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is probable that this species occurs in numerous protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It is probable that this species occurs in numerous protected areas.

Citation:	Grubb, P. 2008. Funisciurus pyrropus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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