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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Callosciurinae
--> GENUS Funambulus
--> SUBGENUS Funambulus
SPECIES Funambulus (Funambulus) palmarum
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1766. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 86. | | Common Name: | Indian Palm Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "in America, Asia, Africa." Restricted by Wroughton (1905a:409) to E coast of Madras, India. | | Distribution: | C and S India, Sri Lanka. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Funambulus. Distribution largely allopatric with that of F. pennantii, but limited area of sympatry in Central Provinces and along W coast of India, south of 16° N lat. (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Moore, 1960). |
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