Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837) . Mag. Nat. Hist. [Charlesworth's], 1:499.

TYPE LOCALITY: " ...the more southern parts of Hindostan." Restricted by Wroughton (1905«:411) to Travancore; further restricted by Moore and Tate (1965:89) to Western Ghats, south of 12 deg. N. lat .

DISTRIBUTION: West coast of India, from below 20° N to southern tip.

SYNONYMS: annandalei Robinson, 1917; dussumieri (Milne-Edwards, 1867); numarius Wroughton, 1916; thomasi Wroughton and Davidson, 1919; wroughtoni Ryley, 1913.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Funambulus .