Funambulus | |
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Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
Synonyms | |
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Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]
"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]