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The former range of the species, before the taxonomic split, was in both India and Sri Lanka, though the Nilgiri palm squirrel (F. sublineatus) is now restricted in distribution to the Western Ghats of India. [5] Very little is known of this squirrel, probably the smallest in the genus weighing about 40g.
Dusky palm squirrel is a common name applied to two rodents that were formerly considered to be a single species. Funambulus obscurus , native to Sri Lanka Funambulus sublineatus , or the Nilgiri striped squirrel, native to India
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) Dusky palm squirrel (F. obscurus) Indian palm squirrel (F. palmarum) Nilgiri striped palm squirrel (F. sublineatus) [4]
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The dusky striped squirrel was best documented originally by W.W.A. Phillips in the Manual of the Mammals of Sri Lanka who identified it as the smallest Sri Lankan squirrel species. [6] It is much larger than the Indian species (F. sublineatus) being 60-70g [6] [1] as opposed to around 42g in the Nilgiri striped squirrel, with longer, thicker ...
The ecoregion also hosts Nilgiri langur (Semnopithecus johnii), Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina), brown palm civet (Paradoxurus jerdoni), Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii), Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) and Layard's palm squirrel (F. layardi). [3]
The jungle palm squirrel, jungle striped squirrel, or Western Ghats squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae which is endemic to India. Habitat [ edit ]