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--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Petinomys
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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