Jungle Palm Squirrel
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| Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837) |
The Jungle Palm Squirrel, Jungle Striped Squirrel, or Western Ghats Squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Funambulus tristriatus. 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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