Funambulus

<i>Funambulus</i>

Funambulus

Genus of rodents

Funambulus is a genus of rodents in the Sciuridae (squirrel) family, the only one in tribe Funambulini.[1] It contains these species:[2][3]

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Etymology

"Funambulus" is the Latin word for "rope-dancer".[5]

References

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  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    Funambulus, MSW3
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    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
  5. [5]
    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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