Funambulus palmarum

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Indian Palm Squirrel

Identified by Richard Thorington. Also as Common Palm Squirrel|Three-striped Palm Squirrel.
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Location:Sri Lanka, Central province, Matale district, Sirigiya ForestDate taken:Jan 1, 2014

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2523

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Nannosciurinae
Tribe : Funambulini
Genus : Funambulus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1766. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Duodecima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 532 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946282

Original name as described

Sciurus palmarum

Other common names

Common Palm Squirrel · Three-striped Palm Squirrel

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"in America, Asia, Africa." Restricted by R. C. Wroughton in 1905 to "E coast of Madras, " India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001602

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 22 names and synonyms.

Sciurus palmarum

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

86

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946282

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1766:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  2. Boddaert (1772:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  3. Erxleben (1777:423, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  4. Borowski (1780:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  5. Zimmermann (1783:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  6. Boddaert (1785:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  7. Gmelin (1788:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Cuvier (1797:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  10. Shaw (1801:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  11. Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  12. Turton (1802:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  13. Treviranus (1802:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  14. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  15. Fischer (1803:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  16. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  17. Wolf (1808:510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  18. Goldfuss (1809:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  19. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  20. Illiger (1815:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  21. Desmarest (1817:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60383)
  22. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  23. Hemprich (1820:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  24. Schinz (1821:306, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  25. Desmarest (1822:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  26. Horsfield (1824:@pl. 26 unnumbered p. 7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59259)
  27. Desmoulins (1824:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)
  28. Fischer (1829:358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  29. Sykes (1831:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67691)
  30. Cuvier (1833:446, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  31. Ogilby (1839:lxvii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2912378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67483)
  32. Gray (1843:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  33. Blyth (1847:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  34. Gistel (1848:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  35. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  36. Blyth (1853:582, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40268092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68930)
  37. Giebel (1855:657, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  38. Blyth (1863:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  39. Day (1863:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
  40. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  41. Jerdon (1867:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299943) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  42. Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)
  43. Sclater (1872:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  44. Flower & Lydekker (1891:451, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46965666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34115)

Sciurus penicillatus

(Leach, 1815)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

penicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28684551

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Gray (1843:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Tamia palmarum

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:231, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Funambulus indicus

Lesson, 1835

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

indicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

pl. 43

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28723790

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus palmarum

Lesson, 1842

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

109

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Fitzinger (1861:393, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  3. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  4. Thomas (1898:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  5. Trouessart (1904:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Thomas (1908:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2222283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62341)
  7. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  8. Wroughton (1921:547, 551, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
  9. Wroughton (1921:551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
  10. Pocock (1923:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41936)
  11. Phillips (1928:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
  12. Weber (1928:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69650)
  13. Phillips (1929:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  14. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  15. Moore & Tate (1965:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  16. Khajuria, Chaturvedi & Ghoshal (1977:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34222)
  17. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  18. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  19. Corbet & Hill (1991:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  20. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  21. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  22. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  24. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  25. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  26. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8701/115087934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sciurus Brodiei

(E. Blyth, 1849)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brodiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9480

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

602

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128631

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1849:602, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63252)
  2. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  3. Kelaart (1852:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)

Sciurus Kelaartii

(E. L. Layard, 1851)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kelaartii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)

Sciurus Kelaarti

(E. L. Layard in E. Blyth, 1851)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kelaarti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9479

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

166

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259752

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Blyth (1852:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Spermophilus Pealei

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pealei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706472

Authority publication

New York

Funambulus palmarum brodiei

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brodiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

307

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423188

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1904:307, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  2. Robinson & Kloss (1918:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  3. Phillips (1928:228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
  4. Phillips (1929:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  5. Moore & Tate (1965:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  6. Khajuria, Chaturvedi & Ghoshal (1977:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34222)
  7. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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