Back جلهم هندي Arabic سنجاب النخيل الهندى ARZ Werpol (Funambulus palmarum) AVK Funambulus palmarum Bulgarian তিনডোরা কাঠবিড়ালি Bengali/Bangla Esquirol de les palmeres Catalan Funambulus palmarum CEB سمۆرەی دارخورمای ھیندی CKB Indisches Palmenhörnchen German Funambulus palmarum Spanish

Indian palm squirrel

Indian palm squirrel
Image from Bangalore and recording from Tirupati, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funambulus
Species:
F. palmarum
Binomial name
Funambulus palmarum
Subspecies[2]
  • F. p. palmarum
  • F. p. brodiei
  • F. p. robertsoni
  • F. p. bellaricus
Synonyms

Sciurus brodei Blyth, 1849
Sciurus indicus Lesson, 1835
Sciurus kelaarti Layard, 1851
Sciurus palmarum Linnaeus, 1766
Sciurus pencillatus Leach, 1814

The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India (south of the Vindhyas) and Sri Lanka. In the late 19th century, the palm squirrel was introduced to Madagascar, Réunion, Mayotte, Comoro Islands, Mauritius, and Seychelles. The closely related five-striped palm squirrel, F. pennantii, is found in northern India, and its range partly overlaps with this species.

  1. ^ Nameer, P. O. & Molur, S. (2008). "Funambulus palmarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.

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