Funambulus tristriatus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1837)

Jungle 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1837-09-01. Observations on the palm squirrel (Sciùrus palmàrum of authors). Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(9):496-499.

Original name as described

Sciurus tristriatus

Other common names

Jungle Striped Squirrel · Western Ghats Squirrel · Western Ghats Striped Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.112

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"...the more southern parts of Hindostan." Restricted by R. C. Wroughton and J. C. Moore and G. H. H. Tate in 1905 and 1965, respectively, to Western Ghats, south of the latitude 12° N, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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