Layard's palm squirrel

Layard's palm squirrel
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Funambulus
Species:	F. layardi
Binomial name
	Funambulus layardi; (Blyth, 1849)
Subspecies
	F. l. layardi; F. l. dravidianus (?); F. l. signatus;
Synonyms
	Funambulus layardi Robinson, 1917 ; Sciurus layardi Blyth, 1849 ; Tamoides layardi Phillips, 1935 subsp. layardi ; Tamoides layardi Phillips, 1935 subsp. signatus

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.

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