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).