Funambulus
Sign in to savethumb|A squirrel apparently appearing to give a thumbs up but is actually eating maize grain. Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini. It contains these species: 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) Jungle palm squirrel (F. tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus Northern palm squirrel (F. pennantii)
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 64
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Collections
- MSU, LSUMZ, NHMUK, UBCBBM, ROM, WAM
- Recorded in
- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Australia, Malaysia, Zoo
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- References
thumb|A squirrel apparently appearing to give a thumbs up but is actually eating maize grain. Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini. It contains these species: 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) Jungle palm squirrel (F. tristriatus) Subgenus Prasadsciurus Northern palm squirrel (F. pennantii)
==Etymology== "Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".
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