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The northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii), also called the five-striped palm squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. [5] Some authorities recognize two subspecies, F. p. pennantii and F. p. argentescens. It is a semi-arboreal species found in tropical and subtropical dry deciduous forests and many other rural and urban ...
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]
The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India (south of the Vindhyas) and Sri Lanka. In the late 19th century, the palm squirrel was introduced to Madagascar , Réunion , Mayotte , Comoro Islands , Mauritius , and Seychelles .
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Funambulus pennantii (northern palm squirrel) successfully introduced to Australia; Sciurus aberti (Abert's squirrel) successfully introduced to non-native areas of Arizona [45] Sciurus aureogaster (Mexican red-bellied squirrel) successfully introduced to Florida [46] Sciurus niger (fox squirrel) successfully introduced to western US [47]
Genus Funambulus. Subgenus Funambulus. Funambulus layardi - Layard's palm squirrel; Funambulus obscurus - Dusky palm squirrel; Funambulus palmarum - Indian palm squirrel; Funambulus sublineatus - dusky palm squirrel; Funambulus tristriatus - jungle palm squirrel; Subgenus Prasadsciurus. Funambulus pennantii - northern palm squirrel; Genus Glyphotes
The word squirrel, first attested in 1327, comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escurel, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus, which was taken from the Ancient Greek word σκίουρος (skiouros; from σκία-ουρος) 'shadow-tailed', referring to the long bushy tail which many of its members have.
This list of mammals of Nepal presents mammal species recorded in Nepal, of which one is critically endangered, eleven are endangered, twenty are vulnerable, and four are near threatened.