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    A provisional gazetteer of collection locations for palm squirrels (Mammalia: Sciuridae: Funambulus)

    Dissanayake, Rajith (2023) A provisional gazetteer of collection locations for palm squirrels (Mammalia: Sciuridae: Funambulus). Taprobanica 12 (2), pp. 71-93. ISSN 1800–427X.

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    Abstract

    Funambulus Lesson, 1835 incorporates palm squirrels representing model South Asian small mammals. They were widely collected between 1880 and 1980 furnishing international collections, especially in London. There’s a dearth of regional small mammal studies since the 1960s and lack of geographical data could contribute to this. Listed here are 172 locations anchored to ~478 specimens incorporating sites where the genus was collected in mainland South Asia with special attention to obscure localities in South India and Sri Lanka. Emphasis is placed on sites from the Bombay Natural History Society Mammal Survey of India, Burma and Ceylon from 1912 to 1929. This list, with sources, contributes to, and addresses historical and taxonomic mammalogical studies for the entire subregion.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
    Depositing User: Rajith Dissanayake
    Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2024 14:19
    Last Modified: 12 Mar 2024 07:22
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/53205

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