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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Hylopetes
SPECIES Hylopetes lepidus
Author: | Horsfield, 1822. | Citation: | Zool. Res. Java, 5: pl. and 2 unno. pp. | Common Name: | Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel | Type Locality: | "..only found in the closest forests of Java," [Indonesia]. | Distribution: | Java and Borneo. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Formerly called sagitta Linnaeus, 1766; see Medway (1977:104). Formerly included platyurus (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Hill, 1961c; Medway, 1977:104), but see Thorington et al. (1996). |
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