Abstract
Official journal of the Taprobanica Private Limited, Homagama, Sri Lanka and Research Centre for Climate Change, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia.Taprobanica is no longer accepting submissions on SLJOL. To submit your manuscript, please go to http://taprobanica.org/
Highlights
The five-striped palm squirrel, Funambulus pennantii and three-striped palm squirrel, F. palmarum, consume liquid food in the form of nectar and latex in addition to solid food (Prater, 1980; Balasubramanian, 1995; Sharma, 2007)
As many as 15 species of Ficus are found in Rajasthan, namely F. amplissima Smith, F. arnottiana (Miq.) Miq., F. benghalensis L., F. drupacea Thunb., F. hispida L.f., F. microcarpa L.f., F. mollis Vahl, F. palmata Forsk., F. racemosa L., F. religiosa L., F. rumphii Blume., F. tsjahela Burm.f., F. virens Ait., F. pumilla L. and F. carica L. (Shetty & Singh, 1991)
Why are only two species selected to get the liquid food from the abaxial surface of leaves at the junction of petiole and lamina and not the others? The answer is hidden in the gladular nature of the petioles of the leaves of these two species
Summary
The five-striped palm squirrel, Funambulus pennantii and three-striped palm squirrel, F. palmarum, consume liquid food in the form of nectar and latex in addition to solid food (Prater, 1980; Balasubramanian, 1995; Sharma, 2007). As many as 15 species of Ficus are found in Rajasthan, namely F. amplissima Smith, F. arnottiana (Miq.) Miq., F. benghalensis L., F. drupacea Thunb., F. hispida L.f., F. microcarpa L.f., F. mollis Vahl, F. palmata Forsk., F. racemosa L., F. religiosa L., F. rumphii Blume., F. tsjahela Burm.f., F. virens Ait., F. pumilla L. and F. carica L. (Shetty & Singh, 1991). Out of 15 species, only two, F. benghalensis, and F. mollis, are tapped for liquid food by the squirrels in the state.
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