Siberut flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petinomys
Species:
P. lugens
Binomial name
Petinomys lugens
(Thomas, 1895)

The Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Petinomys lugens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16737A22242011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16737A22242011.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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