Red-cheeked rope squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Red-cheeked rope squirrel

| image = Funisciurus leucogenys 12938760.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Cassola, F. |date=2016 |title=Funisciurus leucogenys |volume=2016 |page=e.T8761A22270752 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8761A22270752.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Funisciurus

| species = leucogenys

| authority = (Waterhouse, 1842)

| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies

| subdivision_ref = {{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|pages=754–818|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter=Family Sciuridae|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}

| subdivision =

• F. l. leucogenys
• F. l. auriculatus
• F. l. oliviae

| synonyms =

}}

The red-cheeked rope squirrel (Funisciurus leucogenys) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.