Taxonomy Profile: Funisciurus pyrropus (F Cuvier 1833)

Funisciurus pyrropus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Funisciurus pyrropus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
squirrels |
Family : Sciuridae
squirrels |
marmots |
chipmunks |
Subfamily : Xerinae
Tribe : Protoxerini
African tree squirrels |
Genus : Funisciurus
Rope Squirrels |
Species : Funisciurus pyrropus
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel |
Funisciurus pyrropus Direct Children(s):
Funisciurus pyrropus akka
(de Winton 1895)
Funisciurus pyrropus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Funisciurus pyrropus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Funisciurus pyrropus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Sciuridae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
754-818
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Funisciurus pyrropus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-01-01 / 2012-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Squirrels of the World
Page(s):
vii + 459
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0469-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Funisciurus pyrropus
Funisciurus pyrropus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Funisciurus pyrropus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Cuvier wrote, "Je donnerai à cet Écuriel le nom de Pyrropus, á cause de la couleur rousse de ses pieds." Schinz (1845) spelled the species name pyrrhopus with no mention of the previous spelling. This constitutes an unjustified emendation. Not found on Bioko, Equatorial Guinea (= "Fernandopô", see type locality), and since the animal was a pet, it probably was captured on the mainland (Thomas, 1890:447)