Layard's palm squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Layard's palm squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Funambulus layardi
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the Layard's palm squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Layard's palm squirrel in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Layard's palm squirrel endangered?

The Layard's palm squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Layard's palm squirrel?

The Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Funambulus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Layard's palm squirrel

Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka. The validity of the subspecies F. l. dravidianus based on a single specimen from the southern tip of India has been questioned, and is probably a juvenile F. sublineatus. Known as මූකලන් ලේනා (mukalan lena) in Sinhala.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Layard's palm squirrel (revision 1370735846), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767215 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).