Arrow flying squirrel

The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java and Bangka, Indonesia. The population is unknown as it has only been collected from a few localities. It is nocturnal and arboreal and may be found in primary and secondary forest. It is threatened by forest loss due to logging and agriculture and there are no known conservation actions.

Arrow flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species:
H. sagitta
Binomial name
Hylopetes sagitta
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
  • Sciurus sagitta Linnaeus, 1766
  • Petinomys sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Pteromys lepidus Horsfield, 1824
  • Hylopetes lepidus (Horsfield, 1824)

Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the grey-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus), which was described in 1822, is conspecific with this species.[2][3]

References
  1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R.; Koprowski, J. (2019). "Hylopetes sagitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T112296031A22241796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T112296031A22241796.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Jackson, Stephen M.; Thorington, Richard W. Jr. (2019-09-11). Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.638.1.
  3. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  • 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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