Overview
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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Small Travancore Flying Squirrel
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
An arboreal
species.[1]
List of Habitats
:
1.5
Forest
- Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
()
- (Carus, 1868) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Family:
Sciuridae
()
- (Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Pteromyinae
()
- Genus:
Petinomys
()
- Thomas, 1908
- Specific name:
fuscocapillus
- Subspecies:
fuscocapillus
- Scientific name: - Petinomys fuscocapillus fuscocapillus
- Subspecies:
fuscocapillus
- Specific name:
fuscocapillus
- Genus:
Petinomys
(
- Subfamily:
Pteromyinae
(
- Family:
Sciuridae
(
- Infraorder:
Sciurida
(
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Petinomys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in this genus:
P. crinitus (Philippines Flying Squirrel) · P. fuscocapillus (Travancore Flying Squirrel) · P. fuscocapillus fuscocapillus (Small Travancore Flying Squirrel) · P. genibarbis (Whiskered Flying Squirrel) · P. hageni (Hagen's Flying Squirrel) · P. lugens (Siberut Flying Squirrel) · P. mindanensis (Mindanao Flying Squirrel) · P. sagitta (Javan Flying Squirrel) · P. setosus (White-Bellied Dwarf Flying Squirrel) · P. vordermanni (Vordermann's Flying Squirrel)
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Further Reading
- Molur, S. and Walker, S. (eds) 1998. Conservation assessment and management plan (C.A.M.P.) workshop. Mammals of India report summary, Zoos' Print 13(9). Zoo Outreach Organisation, India.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2482164
- IUCN ID: 39646
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025840
Footnotes
- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India (August 1997) 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008. [back]
