Hose's pygmy flying squirrel

Hose's pygmy flying squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurillus
Species: P. hosei
Binomial name
Petaurillus hosei
(Thomas, 1900)

The Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was named for zoologist Charles Hose. It is endemic to Malaysia.

References

  1. Duckworth, J. W. & Francis, C. (2008). Petaurillus hosei. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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