Funambulus palmarum

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Indian Palm Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Callosciurinae
Tribe : Funambulini
Genus : Funambulus
Subgenus : 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://www.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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Funambulus palmarum comorinus

Wroughton, 1905

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

comorinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.10.9.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68bda51c-d636-4a49-b665-7b6a188d095f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68bda51c-d636-4a49-b665-7b6a188d095f/1686614400000

Authority page

411

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5725599

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus robertsoni

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

robertsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.11.29.92

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/63ce8110-65b6-458b-8a9b-d2b0e842fc11

Authority page

647

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152244

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Funambulus palmarum bellaricus

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

bellaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.4.10.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42ad9dfc-099a-4758-a131-8728cc688e6c

Authority page

647

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152244

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764886) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus bengalensis

Wroughton, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.4.3.77

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c8205444-3ff4-4767-9042-e989d22bb125

Authority page

648

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30152245

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Funambulus palmarum favonicus

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1915

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

favonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.7.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e4883971-d090-4bd6-98ca-362048366a42

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151562

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764888) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus palmarum olympius

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1915

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

olympius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.7.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/71b57965-ac60-47eb-af05-c01e239dbb32

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151564

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus gossei

Wroughton & Davidson, 1919

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gossei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.6.2.30

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/31f5a59d-c353-4939-8060-bec6ad1f575e

Authority page

730

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050365

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Funambulus palmarum matugamensis

Lindsay, 1926

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

matugamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.11.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c4943b8-632e-49c6-944f-583cc5da3ef9

Authority page

239

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47946880

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

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. Erxleben (1777:423, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Cuvier (1797:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  3. Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  4. Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Blyth (1847:874, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  6. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  7. Blyth (1863:106, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  8. Stoliczka (1872:228, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37137944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67309)

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)

Sciurus penicillatus

(Leach, 1814)

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

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

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

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)

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 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. Thomas (1898:933, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  3. Thomas (1898:250, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19336039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16290)
  4. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  5. Moore (1959:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6420)
  6. Moore & Tate (1965:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764882) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1980:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  8. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  9. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  10. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8701/115087934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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)

Funambulus palmarum bengalensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

bengalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127066

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:244, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)

Funambulus palmarum brodiei

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

brodiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus palmarum kelaarti

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

kelaarti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)

Funambulus palmarum palmarum

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127064) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764884) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Funambulus palmarum robertsoni

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

robertsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Moore & Tate (1965:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2764887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36138)
  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

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