Kindi-miraba

Kindi-miraba
Kindi-miraba wa Kongo (Funisciurus congicus)
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Mamalia (Wanyama wenye viwele wanaonyonyesha wadogo wao) Oda: Rodentia (Wagugunaji) Nusuoda: Sciuromorpha (Wanyama kama kindi) Familia: Sciuridae (Wanyama walio na mnasaba na kindi) Muirhead, 1819 Nusufamilia: Xerinae (Wanyama wanaofanana na kindi) Osborn, 1910 Kabila: Protoxerini (Wanyama wanaofanana sana na kindi) Jenasi: Funisciurus Trouessart, 1880
Ngazi za chini
Spishi 9: F. anerythrus (Thomas, 1890) F. bayonii (Bocage, 1890) F. carruthersi Thomas, 1906 F. congicus (Kuhl, 1820) F. isabella (Gray, 1862) F. lemniscatus (Le Conte, 1857) F. leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842) F. pyrropus (F. Cuvier, 1833) F. substriatus De Winton, 1899

Kindi-miraba ni wanyama wadogo wa jenasi Funisciurus katika kabila Protoxerini la familia Sciuridae. Kama kindi wote spishi hizi hupitisha muda mitini hasa lakini huteremka ardhini mara kwa mara. Wanatokea misitu ya Afrika ya Kati mpaka Senegali ya Kusini magharibi na mpaka Namibia ya Kaskazini kusini. Hula mbegu, makokwa, matunda, matumba, machipukizi na wadudu.

Spishi

• Funisciurus anerythrus, Kindi-miraba wa Thomas (Thomas's Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus bayonii, Kindi-miraba wa Lunda (Lunda Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus carruthersi, Kindi-miraba Milima (Carruther's Mountain Squirrel)
• Funisciurus congicus, Kindi-miraba wa Kongo (Congo Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus isabella, Kindi-miraba wa Gray (Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus lemniscatus, Kindi-miraba Utepe (Ribboned Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus leucogenys, Kindi-miraba Kichwa-machungwa (Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus pyrrhopus, Kindi-miraba Miguu-myekundu (Fire-footed Rope Squirrel)
• Funisciurus substriatus, Kindi-miraba wa Kintampo (Kintampo Rope Squirrel)

Picha

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  Kindi-miraba miguu-myekundu