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--> GENUS Funambulus
--> SUBGENUS Funambulus
SPECIES Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi
Author: | Blyth, 1849. | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18: 602. | Common Name: | Layard's Palm Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Upland districts" [Sri Lanka]. Restricted by Thomas (1924a:241) to "Ambigamoa Hills...Central Province (7° N., 80° 3'E.)...." | Distribution: | S and C Sri Lanka, and mountains of S India. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Funambulus. The presence of this species in S India is based on very few specimens. |
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