Biology:Funambulus

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Funambulus
Indian Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum).jpg
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
Scientific classification e
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

Funambulus layardi
Funambulus palmarum
Funambulus pennantii
Funambulus sublineatus
Funambulus obscurus
Funambulus tristriatus

Synonyms
  • Palmista Gray, 1867
  • Tamiodes Pocock, 1923
A squirrel apparently appearing to give a thumbs up but is actually eating maize grain.

Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]

Etymology

"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1004346 entry