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 locality

Baleq, Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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