Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized
Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized
- Scientific name
- Funambulus pennantii
- Hindi name
- पाँचधारी गिलहरी
- Family
- Sciuridae, order Rodentia
- Group
- Mammal
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
The striped acrobat of every garden wall.
- Spot it Grey-brown fur with five pale stripes and a bushy tail.
- Home Gardens, trees and buildings.
- Food web Eats seeds, fruit and insects; cats, snakes and raptors prey on it.
- Why it matters Buries and drops seeds, helping trees spread, and serves as food for cats, snakes and raptors.
Read more: Northern palm squirrel on Wikipedia
Sources and credits
Records and field notes
- JaipurDevendra Bhardwaj's iNaturalist account holds 46 records of the five-striped palm squirrel, all from his neighbourhood, Nemi Nagar Extension, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur. 40 are verified.[20]
- JaipurBoth photographs here were taken on 28 September 2008.[20]
Sources
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
- Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
- Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
- Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.
The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.
