#0102 · 🦊 mammals

Five-striped Palm Squirrel

🇳🇱 Vijfstrepige Palmeekhoorn ·Funambulus pennantii

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © navas_kiliyanni · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © rgadhvi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Thomas Schreiter · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ruperl · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Roderic Page · CC BY 4.0
6. © Chief RedEarth · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Sunder Nursery, Nizamuddin, adjoining Humayun's Tomb. :© saydelah · CC BY 4.0
8. Sodagaran Mohalla, Jodhpur, Rajasthan 342001, Indien:© Ina · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Bahawalpur, Pakistan:© aie-sha · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Hassan Town, Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan:© Jawad Hasan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern palm squirrel ( Funambulus pennantii ) also called the five-striped palm squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Some authorities recognise two subspecies, F. p. pennantii and F. p. argentescens . It is a semi-arboreal species found in tropical and subtropical dry deciduous forest and many other rural and urban habitats. It is a common species with a wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,784iNaturalist 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.
6,784 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Robert Charles Wroughton in 1905 (121 years ago).