African highlands as mammal diversity hotspots: new records of Lamottemys okuensis Petter, 1986 (Rodentia: Muridae) and other endemic rodents from Mt Oku, Cameroon Author Denys, Christiane Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systematique et Évolution, Institut de Systématique Évolution et Biodiversité, UMR 7205, CNRS EPHE Paris VI, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) denys @ mnhn. fr denys@mnhn.fr Author Missoup, Alain Didier Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systematique et Évolution, Institut de Systématique Évolution et Biodiversité, UMR 7205, CNRS EPHE Paris VI case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) et Département de Biologie des Organismes Animaux, Université de Douala, Douala (Cameroon) Author Nicolas, Violaine Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systematique et Évolution, Institut de Systématique Évolution et Biodiversité, UMR 7205, CNRS EPHE Paris VI, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53133 Bonn (Germany) Author Fülling, Olaf Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53133 Bonn (Germany) Author Delapré, Arnaud Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Département Systematique et Évolution, Institut de Systématique Évolution et Biodiversité, UMR 7205, CNRS EPHE Paris VI, case postale 51, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) Author Bilong, Charles Felix Bilong Department of Animal Biology and Physiology, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé (Cameroon) Author Taylor, Peter John J. South African Research Chairs Initiative Chair on Biodiversity and Environmental Change and Core Team Member of Centre for Invasion Biology, University of Venda, P. Bag X 5050, Thohoyandou 0950 (South Africa) Author Hutterer, Rainer Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53133 Bonn (Germany) text Zoosystema 2014 2014-09-26 36 3 647 690 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5252/z2014n3a6 journal article 10.5252/z2014n3a6 1638-9387 4539596 Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842) Sciurus leucogenys Waterhouse, 1842: 202 . Funisciurus leucogenys – Trouessart 1880: 293. TYPE LOCALITY . — Equatorial Guinea , Bioko. MATERIAL EXAMINED. — MNHN : CAM 174. Morphological characters The Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel is easily recognizable by its colored muzzle, the back head contrasting sharply with the front and being dark brown, the lateral thin cream-colored line continued by little spots. The tail has no rings; it is black above with scattered white hairs, and below it is orange in the midlle. Contrary to F. pyrrhopus F. Cuvier, 1833 , which has a yellow-white belly, F.leucogenys has an orange one. Eisentraut (1968 , 1973 ) highlighted the presence of this squirrel in the Rumpi Hills at around 1100 m , on Mt Kupe, Mt Cameroon (Lager VI and III ) and in Bamenda; but these specimens are slightly smaller than ours. The upper incisors are orange. There is a P3/.Our specimen was brought to us by local guides. Its external measurements fit within the size range of F.leucogenys according to Rosevear (1969) ( Table 12 ).