Hylopetes platyurus

(Jentink, 1890)

Jentink's Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Hylopetes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Notes Leyden Museum, vol. 12, 147

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9644944

Original name as described

Sciuropterus platyurus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13315.a, RMNH.MAM.13315.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13315.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13315.b

Type locality

Deli, north-eastern Sumatra.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001628

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciuropterus platyurus

(Jentink, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13315.a, RMNH.MAM.13315.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13315.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13315.b

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9644944

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Hylopetes platyurus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127003

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127003) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136262/22244459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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