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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Callosciurinae
--> GENUS Funambulus
--> SUBGENUS Prasadsciurus
SPECIES Funambulus (Prasadsciurus) pennantii
Author: | Wroughton, 1905. | Citation: | J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 16: 411. | Common Name: | Northern Palm Squirrel | Type Locality: | "Mandvi Taluka of Surat District," Guzerath (= Gudjerat), India. | Distribution: | SE Iran through Pakistan to Nepal and N and C India. Perhaps adjacent Afghanistan. Introduced to Andaman Isls and vicinity of Perth in Western Australia. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Prasadsciurus (Moore and Tate, 1965:71). Reviewed by Agrawal and Chakraborty (1979), and Corbet and Hill (1992). |
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