Sumatran flying squirrel

Sumatran flying squirrel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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. Ruedas, L., Duckworth, J. W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). title. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.

External links

• indonesianfauna.com