Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18:602.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Upland districts" [Sri Lanka]. Restricted by Thomas (1924:241) to "Ambigamoa Hills...Central Province (7° N., 80° 3'E.)...."

DISTRIBUTION: S and C Sri Lanka, and mountains of S India.

SYNONYMS: dravidianus Robinson, 1917; signatus Thomas, 1924.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Funambulus . The presence of this species in S India is based on very few specimens.