Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini. It contains these species:Funambulus, MSW3 Genus Funambulus Subgenus Funambulus Layard's palm squirrel (F. layardi) — Sri Lanka Dusky palm squirrel (F. obscurus) — Sri Lanka Indian palm squirrel (F. palmarum) — Sri Lanka and mainland South Asia Nilgiri striped palm squirrel (F. sublineatus)Rajith Dissanayake. 2012. The Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus), and the dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus), two additions to the endemic mammal fauna of India and Sri Lanka. Small Mammal Mail. Vol 3(2):6-7 — southern Western Ghats Jungle palm squirrel (F. tristriatus) — southern India, mostly Western Ghats Subgenus Prasadsciurus Northern palm squirrel (F. pennantii) — most of South Asia (but not the southernmost tip), stretching into the highlands of Pakistan and Iran
Etymology "Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".
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