Dusky Palm Squirrel
Funambulus sublineatus (Waterhouse, 1838)
Also calledDunkles Palmenhörnchen (deu) · Esquilo-das-Palmeiras-de-Nilgiri (por) · ardilla listada de Nilgiri (spa) · pasecznik ciemny (pol) · vaaleapalmuorava (fin) · veverka bělohrdlá (ces) · Темнополосая белка (rus) · クモリシマヤシリス (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1838 p.19
The Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) is a threatened species of rodent, a small squirrel (Sciuridae) from rainforests in the southern Western Ghats, including the Nilgiris, in Peninsular India. It formerly included Funambulus obscurus from Sri Lanka as a subspecies, at which point the English name of the "combined species" also was dusky striped squirrel (a name now restricted to the Sri Lankan species).
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Dusky Palm Squirrel is diurnal and semi-arboreal, mostly within the scrub level ofthe forest.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Forests from near sea level to above ¢. 2100 m. Near the Palni Mountains, in southern India, the Dusky Palm Squirrelis found in elevations of ¢. 1372 - 2134 m, this is above elevations inhabited by the Indian Palm Squirrel (E palmarum). In Sri Lanka, it occurs in forest hills at elevations above ¢. 610 m, but in the south-western part of the island it can be found in forests of the wet hilly country almostat sea level.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but one litter of the Dusky Palm Squirrel was recorded as consisting of two young.
Sciuridae
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Range & habitat
The former range of the species, before the taxonomic split, was in both India and Sri Lanka, though the Nilgiri palm squirrel (F. sublineatus) is now restricted in distribution to the Western Ghats of India. Very little is known of this squirrel, probably the smallest in the genus weighing about 40g. Its new status as an endemic mammal to India means records need updating. The species is confined to wet humid forests in the Western Ghats and Nilgiri hills (and surrounding areas such as around Kodaikanal in India).
== References ==
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437247.