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Palm squirrels
Sri Lanka has three types 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 widely recognized species found in the island. The other two species are to some degree uncommon. There are four sub types of the Palm Squirrel.

These subspecies are found in various geographic areas in the country. One sub animal types is in the slope country, one in the wet zone and the other two in the dry zone – north and south.

Most occasions these sub species are hard to distinguish except if caught. The palm squirrel is said to have its name from its relationship with the Palmyrah Palm (Borassus flabelli).

All palm squirrels in Sri Lanka have three particular stripes on their backs. The stripe in the center is long and obviously seen. These squirrels have little ears, which are covered with delicate hide.

They have ragged tails, which are as long or nearly as long as their head and body. At the point when they sit on their backside to eat something, which is held between their paws, the tail is kept looking like a S.

The most uncommon of these types of palm squirrel is the Flame Squirrel, which has now been pronounced as endemic to this country.

It's anything but a chocolate earthy colored squirrel with three orange stripes and is found in the swamp and upland wildernesses. It is bigger than the normal palm squirrel and the Dusky-striped Jungle Squirrel,

The Dusky-striped Jungle Squirrel is more mouse like. It is more modest than the Palm Squirrel and lives in mountain backwoods and open, wild territory. This species is grayish with three weak stripes.

The homes of the palm squirrels and the Dusky Striped Jungle Squirrel are chaotic and globular. They are made of any material that these squirrels can discover, dried grass, the delicate bark of specific trees, fleece, coir, string and so on

Indeed anything that they can discover. In metropolitan regions it takes material from shades and so on The home is inherent a verdant tree or the crown of a palm tree. In metropolitan regions it fabricates its homes in the overhang of houses and other helpful spots.

The passage to the home is from a side. A few youthful are conceived exposed and dazzle. The Flame striped Squirrel, be that as it may, is said to construct its home in the opening in a tree trunk. The home is fixed with grass, dried leaves and sinewy material. Here as well, a few youthful are conceived.

Numerous Sri Lankan families, particularly in the country regions, have a squirrel as a pet. Some of them have the Giant species, yet most have the more modest palm squirrel, since they are found all over. Squirrels can turn out to be exceptionally agreeable, be taken care of effectively and won't disappear whenever let out of its enclosure.
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