- Jungle Palm Squirrel
Taxobox
name = Jungle Palm Squirrel
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Sciuridae
genus = "Funambulus "
subgenus = "Funambulus"
species = "F. tristriatus"
binomial = "Funambulus tristriatus"
binomial_authority = (Waterhouse, 1837)
synonyms = The Jungle Palm Squirrel, Jungle Striped Squirrel, or Western Ghats Squirrel ("Funambulus tristriatus") is a species ofrodent in theSciuridae family.It is endemic toIndia .Its naturalhabitat s are subtropical or tropical dryforest s andplantation s .It is threatened byhabitat loss .References
* CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/8704/all Funambulus tristriatus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on
29 July 2007 .
*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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