Biology:Arrow flying squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Arrow flying squirrel
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species:
H. sagitta
Binomial name
Hylopetes sagitta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Sciurus sagitta Linnaeus, 1766
  • Petinomys sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Pteromys lepidus Horsfield, 1824
  • Hylopetes lepidus (Horsfield, 1824)

The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java and Bangka, Indonesia. The population is unknown as it has only been collected from a few localities. It is nocturnal and arboreal and may be found in primary and secondary forest. It is threatened by forest loss due to logging and agriculture and there are no known conservation actions.

Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the grey-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus), which was described in 1822, is conspecific with this species.[2][3]

References

Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400429. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1762887 entry