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SPECIES Hylopetes spadiceus

Author:Blyth, 1847.
Citation:J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 16: 867.
Common Name:Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:"Arracan" [Arakan, Burma].
Distribution:Burma, Thailand, S Vietnam, Sumatra, and Malaysia.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Includes harrisoni; see Medway (1977:105). Formerly included sipora; see Hill (1961c). Corbet and Hill (1980:137) listed spadiceus in lepidus, without comment.
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SUBSPECIES spadiceus

SUBSPECIES caroli

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