Indian Palm Squirrel
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Indian Palm Squirrel

Funambulus palmarum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Periyar National Park
1 Verified records at Periyar National Park
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India (south of the Vindhyas), 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 (F. pennantii) is found in northern India, and its range partly overlaps with this species. Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Periyar National Park

Jungle Palm Squirrel
LC Endemic

Jungle Palm Squirrel

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Funambulus tristriatus

Insufficient data
Nilgiri Palm Squirrel
VU Endemic

Nilgiri Palm Squirrel

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Funambulus sublineatus

Insufficient data
Indian Giant Squirrel
LC Endemic

Indian Giant Squirrel

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Ratufa indica

60–70% · Likely
Indian Crested Porcupine
LC

Indian Crested Porcupine

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hystrix indica

40–50% · Likely

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Indian Palm Squirrel at Periyar National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Wilpattu National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
50–60%
2 Sinharaja Forest Reserve 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
3 Minneriya National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
40–50%
4 Horton Plains National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
5 Yala National Park 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
30–40%
6 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
20–30%
7 Mudumalai National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
8 Periyar National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
9 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
10 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
11 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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