Overview
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Petinomys is a genus of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It contains the following species:
- Basilan Flying Squirrel (Petinomys crinitus)
- Travancore Flying Squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)
- Whiskered Flying Squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis)
- Hagen's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys hageni)
- Siberut Flying Squirrel (Petinomys lugens)
- Mindanao Flying Squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis)
- Arrow Flying Squirrel (Petinomys sagitta)
- Temminck's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys setosus)
- Vordermann's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni)
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- 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.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Petinomys is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 10 species and subspecies in the Genus Petinomys: 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 (Arrow Flying Squirrel) · P. setosus (White-Bellied Dwarf Flying Squirrel) · P. vordermanni (Vordermann's Flying Squirrel)
References
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- 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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