Funambulus

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Funambulus
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Tribe: Funambulini
Pocock, 1923
Genus: Funambulus
Lesson
, 1835
Type species
Sciurus indicus

Species

Funambulus layardi

Funambulus palmarum

Funambulus pennantii

Funambulus sublineatus

Funambulus obscurus

Funambulus tristriatus

Synonyms
  • Palmista Gray, 1867
  • Tamiodes Pocock, 1923
A squirrel apparently appearing to give a thumbs up but is actually eating maize grain.

Funambulus is a

Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]

Etymology

"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]

References

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  1. OCLC 62265494
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  2. ^ Funambulus, MSW3
  3. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.626126
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  4. ^ Rajith Dissanayake. 2012. The Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus), and the dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus), two additions to the endemic mammal fauna of India and Sri Lanka. Archived 2016-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Small Mammal Mail. Vol 3(2):6-7
  5. ISBN 978-0-02-013340-7
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