Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Funambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766) . Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1:86 . TYPE LOCALITY: "in America, Asia, Africa." Restricted by Wroughton (1905«:409) to E coast of Madras, India . DISTRIBUTION: C and S India , Sri Lanka . SYNONYMS: bellaricus Wroughton, 1916; bengalensis Wroughton, 1916; brodiei (Blyth, 1849); comorinus Wroughton, 1905; favonicus Thomas and Wroughton, 1915; gossei Wroughton and Davidson, 1919; indicus (Lesson, 1835, not Erxleben, 1777 ); kelaarti (Layard, 1851); matugamensis Lindsay, 1926; olympius Thomas and Wroughton, 1915; penicillatus (Leach, 1814); robertsoni Wroughton, 1916. COMMENTS: Subgenus Funambulus . Distribution largely allopatric with that of F. pennantii , but limited area of sympatry along W coast of India , south of 16° N lat. ( Moore, 1960 ).