Kintampo Rope Squirrel vs Slash pine

Funisciurus substriatus compared with Pinus elliottii

Key Differences

• Kintampo Rope Squirrel is Data Deficient while Slash pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Kintampo Rope Squirrel	Slash pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Funisciurus	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Funisciurus substriatus	Pinus elliottii

Conservation Status

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

DD — Data Deficient

Slash pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Kintampo Rope Squirrel	Slash pine
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Kintampo Rope Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Slash pine

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Bangladesh, Taiwan), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).