#0314 · 🦊 mammals

Three-striped Palm Squirrel

🇳🇱 Indische Palmeekhoorn ·Funambulus palmarum

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Subhadra Devi · CC BY 4.0
2. © Balakrishnan Peroth · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Scott Donaldson · CC0
4. © Corey Callaghan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Dindigul, Tamil Nadu 624001, India:© Balaji Devarajan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sanjayanagara, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560094, India:© Karthik · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 22, Hillside Rd, IIT Area, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076, India:© aniketa · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3HVH+H65, Soma Nagar, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560065, India:© Samarth Jain · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Kallady Mugathuvaram, Kallady, Sri Lanka:© no rights reserved · CC0
10. Kalpitiya, Puttalam, Sri Lanka:© Aleksey Levashkin · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel ( Funambulus palmarum ) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India (south of the Vindhyas) and Sri Lanka. In the late 19th century, the palm squirrel was introduced to Madagascar, Réunion, Mayotte, Comoro Islands, Mauritius, Seychelles and Australia, where it has since become a minor pest. The closely related five-striped palm squirrel, F. pennantii , is found in northern India, and its range partly overlaps...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,640iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,640 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1766 (260 years ago).