Petinomys

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Petinomys
Temporal range: Late Miocene - Recent
Whiskered flying squirrel (P. genibarbis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Pteromyini
Genus: Petinomys
Thomas, 1908
Type species
Sciuropterus lugens
Thomas, 1895
Species

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Petinomys is a genus of flying squirrels. They are known commonly as the dwarf flying squirrels.[1]

There are approximately 8 species. They are native to Asia.[2]

Species include:

Notes

  1. ^ Petinomys. ITIS.
  2. ^ Singh, A. and A. Bahuguna. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of rediscovered Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) and its conservation implications. Current Science Vol. 110, No. 4 659-66.

References

  • 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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