Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842)

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 427-428

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scientific name	Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842)
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Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 10: 202.

TYPE LOCALITY: Equatorial Guinea, Bioko "... brought from Fernando Po " .

DISTRIBUTION: Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Rio Muni, Bioko.

SYNONYMS: auriculatus (Matschie, 1891); beatus (Thomas, 1910); boydi (Thomas, 1910); erythrogenys (Waterhouse, 1843) ; olivine ( Dollman, 1911).

COMMENTS: Waterhouse (1842 (1843]) renamed this species erythrogenys , "red-cheeked" in an attempt to replace the inappropriate name leucogenys , "white-cheeked". This is an unjustified emendation.