Hylopetes platyurus

(Jentink, 1890)

Jentink's Flying Squirrel

Side view, Field Cat. No. 920902.2
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Location:Malaysia, Pahang, Kuala Lompat, Krau Wildlife ReserveDate taken:Sep 2, 1992

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1409

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

Jentink, F.A. 1890. On a new flying squirrel from Deli, Sumatra. Notes from the Leyden Museum 12:145-148.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Sciuropterus platyurus

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13315

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001628

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Sciuropterus platyurus

(Jentink, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13315

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

Name usages

  1. Jentink (1890:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9644944) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68552)
  2. Trouessart (1904:299, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Thomas (1908:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16516)

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. Chasen (1940:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136262/22244459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hylopetes lepidus platyurus

J. Edwards Hill, 1962

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

platyurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

730

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Hill (1962:730) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19728)

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