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SPECIES Petinomys setosus

Author:Temminck, 1844.
Citation:Fauna Japonica, 1(Mamm.): 49.
Common Name:Temminck's Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:"...Padang, êle de Sumatra" [Indonesia].
Distribution:Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo [Indonesia].
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Includes morrisi; see Muul and Thonglongya (1971) and Corbet and Hill (1980:137). McKenna (1962) considered morrisi assignable to a distinct genus, Olisthomys. Oshida and Yoshida (1998) described chromosomes.
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    morrisi (Carter, 1942)

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