Sumatran Flying Squirrel

Sumatran Flying Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Sumatran Flying Squirrel
status = CR
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Hylopetes"
species = "H. winstoni"
binomial = "Hylopetes winstoni"
binomial_authority = (Sody, 1949)

The Sumatran Flying Squirrel ("Hylopetes winstoni") is a flying squirrel only found on the island of Sumatra. They are listed as critically endangered on the IUCN red list. Originally discovered in 1949, it is known only from a single specimen. It is a nocturnal, aboreal creature, spending most of its life in the canopy. The Sumatran Flying Squirrel is threatened by a restricted range and habitat loss due to logging.Unlike most other flying squirrels, it does not have a membrane connecting to its tail.

External links

* [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/10608/summ IUCN Red List entry]
* [http://www.indonesianfauna.com/sumatranflyingsquirrel.php indonesianfauna.com]


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