Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentiaa
Subordo: Sciuromorpha
Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Callosciurinae
Genus: Funambulus
Species: F. layardi - F. palmarum - F. pennantii - F. sublineatus - F. tristiatus
Name
Funambulus (Lesson, 1835)
References
Funambulus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
English: Palm Squirrels
magyar: Pálmamókusok
Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]
Genus Funambulus
Subgenus Funambulus
Layard's palm squirrel (F. layardi)
Dusky palm squirrel (F. obscurus)
Indian palm squirrel (F. palmarum)
Nilgiri striped palm squirrel (F. sublineatus)[4]
Jungle palm squirrel (F. tristriatus)
Subgenus Prasadsciurus
Northern palm squirrel (F. pennantii)
Etymology
"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]
References
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Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Funambulus, MSW3
Dissanayake, Rajith; Oshida, Tatsuo (2012). "The systematics of the dusky striped squirrel, Funambulus sublineatus (Waterhouse, 1838) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and its relationships to Layard's squirrel, Funambulus layardi Blyth, 1849" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 46 (1–2): 91–116. doi:10.1080/00222933.2011.626126.
Rajith Dissanayake. 2012. The Nilgiri striped squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus), and the dusky striped squirrel (Funambulus obscurus), two additions to the endemic mammal fauna of India and Sri Lanka. Archived 2016-03-13 at the Wayback Machine Small Mammal Mail. Vol 3(2):6-7
Simpson, D.P. (2002). Cassell's Latin English Dictionary (Reprint ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Publishing, Inc. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-02-013340-7.
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