Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi Blyth 1849

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 781

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

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

Vernacular Names: Layard's Palm Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi subsp. layardi Blyth 1849

Subspecies Funambulus (Funambulus) layardi subsp. dravidianus Robinson 1917

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

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

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