🐿️Indian palm squirrel
The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. In the late 19th century, the palm squirrel was introduced to Madagascar, Réunion, Mayotte, Comoro Islands, Mauritius, and Seychelles. The closely related five-striped palm squirrel is found in northern India, and its range partly overlaps with this species.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.14 kg
- Body length
- 0.18 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 5.49 years
Everything we know about the Indian palm squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.14 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.18 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan5.49 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length3 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation34 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 34 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.75AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian palm squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusFunambulus
- ›speciesFunambulus palmarum
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familySciuridae
- genusFunambulus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- genusFunambulus
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