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Siberut flying squirrel

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Siberut flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petinomys
Species:
P. lugens
Binomial name
Petinomys lugens
(Thomas, 1895)

The Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  1. ^ Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Petinomys lugens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16737A22242011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16737A22242011.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • 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.