The Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel lives in forests of West and Central Africa. It has a red back with mottling across the shoulders; belly and head colours vary among subspecies.
The back is red, with black and yellow grizzling across the shoulders. Pale orange-brown stripes run along the sides, and the underside ranges from white to orange among subspecies.
It is diurnal, and fruits and grains are its main foods in the NIBR account.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.