Hylopetes sipora

Chasen, 1940

Sipora 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

Chasen, F.N. 1940-04. A handlist of Malaysian mammals. Bulletin of Raffles Museum 15:1-209.

Authority publication link

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/15/15brmiii-209.pdf

Original name as described

Hylopetes sagitta sipora

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1475

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e578e960-5e01-49d6-ac87-b0d4224aa337

Type locality

"Sipora Island, Mentawi Islands, West Sumatra," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001630

Country distribution map

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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.

Hylopetes sagitta sipora

Chasen, 1940

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sipora

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1475

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e578e960-5e01-49d6-ac87-b0d4224aa337

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Hylopetes sipora

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sipora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

353

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10606/22243951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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