Biology:Vordermann's flying squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Vordermann's flying squirrel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petinomys
Species:
P. vordermanni
Binomial name
Petinomys vordermanni
(Jentink, 1890)

Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. It was described in 1890 by the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink,[2] who named it after its discoverer, the Dutch physician Adolphe Vorderman.


References

  1. Francis, C.; Gumal, M. (2008). "Petinomys vordermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16740/0. Retrieved 6 January 2009. 
  2. Jentink, F. A. (1890). "On a collection of mammals from Billiton" (in en). Notes from the Leyden Museum 12 (1-2): 149-154. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9644946. 
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Wikidata ☰ Q784409 entry