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Fire-Footed Rope Squirrel

Funisciurus pyrropus
Creation Date: 5/1/2025
Submission Date: 5/2/2025
Modify Date: 5/2/2025
Fire-Footed Rope Squirrel
Fire-Footed Rope Squirrel
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BIOART-000643
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Licensing: Public Domain
Category:
Animals
Description

Squirrel 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. Recently it has been proposed as a possible origin for mpox.

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Cite This Entry
NIAID Visual & Medical Arts. (5/2/2025). Fire-Footed Rope Squirrel. NIAID NIH BIOART Source. bioart.niaid.nih.gov/bioart/643
Keywords

african, mammal, mpox, rodent, Sciuridae, Squirrel, tree dwelling

Collection

NIAID Visual & Medical Arts

Image Style

Shaded

Creator

Ryan Kissinger

Credit

Courtesy of NIAID

Scientific Disciplines And Research Areas

Ecology

Image Type

Vector

Illustration Software/Version

Adobe Illustrator 28.2

Category

Animals

Animals

Mammals, Domestic Mammals, Wild Mammals, Rodents