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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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