Layard's palm squirrel

Layard's palm squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funambulus
Species:
F. layardi
Binomial name
Funambulus layardi
(Blyth, 1849)
Subspecies
  • F. l. layardi
  • F. l. dravidianus (?)
  • F. l. signatus
Layard's palm squirrel Range Map
Synonyms

Funambulus layardi Robinson, 1917
Sciurus layardi Blyth, 1849
Tamoides layardi Phillips, 1935 subsp. layardi
Tamoides layardi Phillips, 1935 subsp. signatus

Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka. The validity of the subspecies F. l. dravidianus based on a single specimen from the southern tip of India has been questioned, and is probably a juvenile F. sublineatus. Known as මූකලන් ලේනා (mukalan lena) in Sinhala.

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