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Squirrels of Sri Lanka #251569601
Description
Sri Lanka has three species of palm squirrels. They are the Flame-striped Jungle Squirrel (Funambulus layardi) called Wana Lena or Mookalan Lena in Sinhala and Karapu Anil in Tamil, the Palm Squirrel is (Funambulus palmarum) called Iri Lena in Sinhala and Sinna Anil in Tamil and the Dusky-striped Jungle Squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus) is called Pulutu Lena or Podi Lena in Sinhala and Sinna Anil in Tamil.The Palm Squirrel is the most common species found in the island. The other two species are somewhat rare. There are four sub species of the Palm Squirrel.