Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849)

Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 419-465 : 426

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scientific name	Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849)
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Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849) View in CoL . 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.)...." GoogleMaps

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.