Funambulus pennantii

Wroughton, 1905

Northern Palm Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1905-08-05. The common striped palm squirrel. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 16(3):406-413.

Original name as described

Funambulus pennantii

Other common names

Five-striped Palm Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.4.2.25

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mandvi Taluka of Surat District," Guzerath, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Iran · Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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