Jungle palm squirrel

The jungle palm squirrel, jungle striped squirrel, or Western Ghats squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus) is a species of rodents in the family Sciuridae endemic to India. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and plantations. This species is tolerant to habitat changes and is common in tea plantations in Western Ghats. This squirrel is confined to forests with tall trees within the West Coast of the Indian Peninsula. This confinement has led the Jungle Palm Squirrel to be a pest to cacao, mangos, grapes, and sapota, which are plants that commonly grow in the type of forest that this squirrel is confined to. The ratio between male and females is not split evenly, males have been reported to have a larger share of the population. Potential factors for the uneven sex ration include differences in "rate of persistence, mortality, dispersal, and predation pressure" (Bhat and Matthew 135).

Jungle palm squirrel[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Funambulus
Subgenus: Funambulus
Species:
F. tristriatus
Binomial name
Funambulus tristriatus
(Waterhouse, 1837)
Subspecies
  • F. t. tristriatus
  • F. t. numarius

References
  1. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
  2. Molur, S. & Nameer, P. O. (2008). "Funambulus tristriatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Advani, Ranjan; Sujatha, A. (1984). "Body weights, sex ratio and population structure of the Western ghat squirrel,Funamhulus tristriatus". Proceedings: Animal Sciences. 93 (5): 491–496. doi:10.1007/bf03186296. S2CID 129830888.

Kumara, Honnavalli N.; Singh, Mewa (2006). "Distribution and relative abundance of giant squirrels and flying squirrels in Karnataka, India / Distribution et abondance relative des espèces d'écureuils géants et volants à Karnataka, Inde". Mammalia. 70 (1–2). doi:10.1515/mamm.70.1-2.40.

Advani, Ranjan; Sujatha, A. (1984). "Body weights, sex ratio and population structure of the Western ghat squirrel,Funamhulus tristriatus". Proceedings: Animal Sciences. 93 (5): 491–496. doi:10.1007/BF03186296. S2CID 129830888.

Bhat, S Keshava; Mathew, D. N. (1984). "Population of the Western Ghats squirrel,Funambulus tristriatus Waterhouse in South India". Proceedings: Animal Sciences. 93 (2): 131–139. doi:10.1007/BF03186070. S2CID 129529974.

Chandrasekar-Rao, Anjali; Sunquist, Melvin E. (1996). "Ecology of small mammals in tropical forest habitats of southern India". Journal of Tropical Ecology. 12 (4): 561–571. doi:10.1017/S0266467400009779.


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