---
title: "Layard's Palm Squirrel"
description: "Funambulus layardi — Ssaki. Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/layard-s-palm-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Layard's Palm Squirrel

> Funambulus layardi — Ssaki. Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka.

- Scientific name: *Funambulus layardi*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `jungle` (Dżungla)
- iNaturalist observations: 156
- Wikidata: [Q1767215](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767215)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45939](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45939)

## Names

- en: Layard's Palm Squirrel
- de: Layard-Palmenhörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

LK (134)

## Summary

Layard's palm squirrel or flame-striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus layardi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae endemic to Sri Lanka. The validity of the subspecies F. l. dravidianus based on a single specimen from the southern tip of India has been questioned, and is probably a juvenile F. sublineatus. Known as මූකලන් ලේනා (mukalan lena) in Sinhala.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layard%27s_palm_squirrel

## Photo

![Layard's Palm Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/layard-s-palm-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261100237

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/layard-s-palm-squirrel?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).