Hylopetes winstoni

(Sody, 1949)

Sumatran 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

Sody, H.J.V. 1949. On a collection of Sciuridae from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions with descriptions of 20 new species and subspecies, and with some remarks on the essential significance and the denomination of subspecies. Treubia 20(1):57-120.

Original name as described

Iomys winstoni

Type material

RMNH.MAM.9845.a (= MZB 3112), RMNH.MAM.9845.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9845.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9845.b

Type locality

Baleq, Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001632

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.

Iomys winstoni

(Sody, 1949)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

winstoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9845.a (= MZB 3112), RMNH.MAM.9845.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9845.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9845.b

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Treubia

Hylopetes winstoni

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

winstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10608/22244199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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