Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 Funisciurus Trouessart 1880, Le Naturaliste, 2 (37): 293. Type Species: Sciurus isabella Gray 1862 Species and subspecies: 9 species with 24 subspecies: Species Funisciurus anerythrus Thomas 1890 Subspecies Funisciurus anerythrus subsp. anerythrus Thomas 1890 Subspecies Funisciurus anerythrus subsp. bandarum Thomas 1915 Subspecies Funisciurus anerythrus subsp. mystax De Winton 1898 Subspecies Funisciurus anerythrus subsp. raptorum Thomas 1903 Species Funisciurus bayonii Bocage 1890 Species Funisciurus carruthersi Thomas 1906 Subspecies Funisciurus carruthersi subsp. carruthersi Thomas 1906 Subspecies Funisciurus carruthersi subsp. birungensis Gyldenstolpe 1927 Subspecies Funisciurus carruthersi subsp. chrysippus Thomas 1923 Subspecies Funisciurus carruthersi subsp. tanganyikae Thomas 1909 Species Funisciurus congicus (Kuhl 1820) Species Funisciurus isabella (Gray 1862) Subspecies Funisciurus isabella subsp. isabella Gray 1862 Subspecies Funisciurus isabella subsp. dubosti Eisentraut 1969 Species Funisciurus lemniscatus (Le Conte 1857) Subspecies Funisciurus lemniscatus subsp. lemniscatus Le Conte 1857 Subspecies Funisciurus lemniscatus subsp. mayumbicus Kershaw 1923 Species Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse 1842) Subspecies Funisciurus leucogenys subsp. leucogenys Waterhouse 1842 Subspecies Funisciurus leucogenys subsp. auriculatus Matschie 1891 Subspecies Funisciurus leucogenys subsp. oliviae Dollman 1911 Species Funisciurus pyrropus (F. Cuvier 1833) Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. pyrropus F. Cuvier 1833 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. akka De Winton 1895 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. leonis Thomas 1905 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. leucostigma Temminck 1853 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. mandingo Thomas 1903 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. nigrensis Thomas 1909 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. niveatus Thomas 1923 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. pembertoni Thomas 1904 Subspecies Funisciurus pyrropus subsp. talboti Thomas 1909 Species Funisciurus substriatus De Winton 1899 Discussion: Tribe Funambulini according to Moore (1959). Raised to full generic rank by Thomas (1897 b). This treatment follows Amtmann (1975), and Kingdon (1997). Recent molecular work suggests that Funisciurus is not closely related to Funambulus (Mercer and Roth, 2003). Instead, it should be considered a member of the Tribe Protoxerini, according to Steppan et al. (2004).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 791, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535