Layard's Palm Squirrel
Funambulus layardi
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 91
- Most observed in
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka. The validity of the subspecies F. l. dravidianus based on a single specimen from the southern tip of India has been questioned, and is probably a juvenile F. sublineatus. Known as මූකලන් ලේනා (mukalan lena) in Sinhala.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Layard's palm squirrel”.