Dusky Palm Squirrel
Dusky palm squirrel is a common name applied to two rodents that were formerly considered to be a single species. *'' Funambulus obscurus'', native to Sri Lanka *'' Funambulus sublineatus'', or the Nilgiri striped squirrel, native to India {{animal common name ...
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Funambulus Obscurus
The dusky striped squirrel (''Funambulus obscurus'') is a species of small squirrel from Sri Lanka that is largely confined to rainforests in the southwestern "wet zone" with higher rainfall than the rest of the island. It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of '' Funambulus sublineatus'' from India, at which point the English name of the "combined species" also was dusky striped squirrel. It is known as පුංචි ලේනා (''punchi lena'') or "batu lena" in the Sinhala language. Taxonomy The species was split off from ''Funambulus sublineatus'', a similar Indian species in 2012.Rajith Dissanayake and Tatsuo Oshida. 2012. The systematics of the dusky striped squirrel ''Funambulus sublineatus'' (Waterhouse, 1838) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and its relationship to Layard's squirrel, ''Funambulus layardi'' Blyth, 1849. Journal of Natural History. Vol 46(1-4): 91-116 The Indian form (formerly subspecies ''F. s. sublineatus'') is now referred to as the Nilgiri striped squirre ...
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