Funambulus Lesson, 1835 . Illustr. Zool., pl. 43.

TYPE SPECIES: Sciurus indicus Lesson, 1835 (= Sciurus palmarum Linnaeus, 1776).

SYNONYMS: Paimista Gray, 1867; Prasadsciurus Moore and Tate, 1965; Tamiodes Pocock, 1923 .

COMMENTS: Tribe Funambulini (Moore, 1959:170) . Reviewed by Moore (1960) and Moore and Tate (1965). Includes Funambulus and Prasadsciurus as subgenera. Prasad (1957) proposed a separate subfamily for the genus, based on the distinctive anatomy of the male reproductive tract. Trends in evolution of karyotypes analyzed by Aswathanarayana (1987).