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Funambulus
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) — 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) — 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
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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) — 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) — 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
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