Jentink’s flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species:
H. platyurus
Binomial name
Hylopetes platyurus
Jentink, 1890 [1]

The Jentink’s flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) is a species of squirrel native to Indonesia and Malaysia. They are nocturnal omnivores, and have an average body length of 131.27 mm and an average body mass of 56.98 grams.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Duckworth, J.W. & Hedges, S. (2008). "Hylopetes platyurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136262A4266675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136262A4266675.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. (n.d) Hylopetes platyurus (Jentink 1890) Encyclopedia of Life. https://eol.org/pages/4466164/data Retrieved July 13, 2021
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