Funambulus
| Funambulus | |
|---|---|
| Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
| Tribe: | Funambulini Pocock, 1923 |
| Genus: | Funambulus Lesson, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus indicus | |
| Species | |
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Funambulus layardi | |
| Synonyms | |
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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)
- Subgenus Funambulus