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Sumatran flying squirrel
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species: H. winstoni
Binomial name
Hylopetes winstoni
(Sody, 1949)

The Sumatran flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni) is a flying squirrel only found on the island of Sumatra. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN red list. Originally discovered in 1949, it is known only from a single specimen. It is a nocturnal, arboreal creature, spending most of its life in the canopy. The Sumatran flying squirrel is threatened by a restricted range and habitat loss due to logging. Unlike most other flying squirrels, it does not have a membrane connecting to its tail.

References

  1. Lee, B. (2016). "Hylopetes winstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T10608A22244199. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10608A22244199.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)
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Aeromys
(Large black flying squirrels)
Belomys
Biswamoyopterus
Eoglaucomys
Eupetaurus
Glaucomys
(New World flying squirrels)
Hylopetes
Iomys
Petaurillus
(Pygmy flying squirrels)
Petaurista
Petinomys
Pteromys
(Old World flying squirrels)
Pteromyscus
Trogopterus
Category
Taxon identifiers
Hylopetes winstoni
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