
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)
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Funambulus is referenced by 166 other articles, and connects out to Mylagaulidae, squirrel and Rodentia.
Vinony files it under Funambulus, Rodent genera and Taxa named by René Lesson.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Callosciurinae
- Image
- Chipmunk India 1.jpg
Show 9 more facts
- taxon name
- Funambulus
- Commons category
- Funambulus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Funambulus
- Commons gallery
- Funambulus
- taxon common name
- Palm Squirrels
- taxon author citation
- Lesson, 1835
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- time period
- Holocene
Sources (2)
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