Kintampo Rope Squirrel vs Lantana

Funisciurus substriatus compared with Lantana camara

Key Differences

• Kintampo Rope Squirrel is Data Deficient while Lantana is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Kintampo Rope Squirrel	Lantana
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Verbenaceae
Genus	Funisciurus	Lantana
Species	Funisciurus substriatus	Lantana camara

Conservation Status

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Lantana

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Kintampo Rope Squirrel	Lantana
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Lantana

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (30 countries), Europe (10 countries), North America (6 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (14 countries), and South America (5 countries).