Indian palm squirrel

Weight

136.4 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

5.49 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

34 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2.62src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

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Not recorded

The Indian palm squirrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySciuridae
6. genusFunambulus
7. SpeciesFunambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Sciurus brodei, Sciurus indicus, Sciurus kelaarti, Sciurus palmarum, Sciurus pencillatus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Northern palm squirrel

Funambulus pennantii

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Jungle palm squirrel

Funambulus tristriatus

Sciuridae

VU, Vulnerable

Nilgiri striped squirrel

Funambulus sublineatus

Sciuridae

VU, Vulnerable

Layard's palm squirrel

Funambulus layardi

Sciuridae

F

Funambulus trisiriatus

SciuridaeNo free photo yet

CompareIndian palm squirrel vs Northern palm squirrelIndian palm squirrel vs Jungle palm squirrelIndian palm squirrel vs Nilgiri striped squirrelIndian palm squirrel vs Layard's palm squirrel

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@misc{indian_palm_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/indian-palm-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}