Jungle palm squirrel

Weight

134.6 g – 139 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

0.25 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

2.7src 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

Not recorded

The jungle 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 tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837)

Synonyms Funambulus thomasi, Funambulus tristriatus, Funambulus tristriatus annandalei, Funambulus wroughtoni, Sciurus dussmieri, Sciurus tristriatus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Indian palm squirrel

Funambulus palmarum

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Northern palm squirrel

Funambulus pennantii

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

CompareJungle palm squirrel vs Indian palm squirrelJungle palm squirrel vs Northern palm squirrelJungle palm squirrel vs Nilgiri striped squirrelJungle palm squirrel vs Layard's palm squirrel

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@misc{jungle_palm_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jungle-palm-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}