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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Hylopetes
SPECIES Hylopetes sipora
| Author: | Chasen, 1940. | | Citation: | Bull. Raffles Mus., 15: 117. | | Common Name: | Sipora Flying Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Sipora Island, Mentawi Islands, West Sumatra" [Indonesia]. | | Distribution: | Sipora Isl (Indonesia). | | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. | | Comments: | Formerly included in spadiceus; see Hill (1962c) who noted that an adult specimen is needed to clarify the status of this taxon. Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawai Archipelago (see comments under Leopoldamys siporanus). |
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