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SPECIES Petinomys lugens

Author:Thomas, 1895.
Citation:Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Geneva, Ser. 2a, 14: 666.
Common Name:Sipora Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:Indonesia, Mentawai Isls, Sipora Isl, "Si Oban".
Distribution:Sipora and N Pagai Islands (Sumatra, Indonesia).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Formerly included in hageni; but see Chasen and Kloss (1927:819) and Jenkins and Hill (1982). Part of the rodent fauna endemic to the Mentawai Archipelago (see comments under Leopoldamys siporanus).
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    maerens (Miller, 1903)

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