Funambulus
Genus of rodents
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Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]
- Genus Funambulus
- Subgenus Funambulus
- Layard's palm squirrel (F. layardi) — Sri Lanka
- Dusky palm squirrel (F. obscurus) — Sri Lanka
- Indian palm squirrel (F. palmarum) — Sri Lanka and mainland South Asia
- Nilgiri striped palm squirrel (F. sublineatus)[4] — southern Western Ghats
- Jungle palm squirrel (F. tristriatus) — southern India, mostly Western Ghats
- Subgenus Prasadsciurus
- Northern palm squirrel (F. pennantii) — most of South Asia (but not the southernmost tip), stretching into the highlands of Pakistan and Iran
- Subgenus Funambulus
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| Funambulus | |
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| Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
| Tribe: | Funambulini Pocock, 1923 |
| Genus: | Funambulus Lesson, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus indicus | |
| Species | |
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Funambulus layardi | |
| Synonyms | |
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Etymology
"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]
