Arrow flying squirrel

Short description: Species of rodent

Arrow flying squirrel

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
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)

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.

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. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112296031/22241796. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ↑ Jackson, Stephen M.; Thorington, Richard W. Jr. (2019-09-11) (in en). Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.638.1. https://smithsonian.figshare.com/articles/book/Gliding_Mammals_Taxonomy_of_Living_and_Extinct_Species/9762035/1.
3. ↑ "Hylopetes sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766)". American Society of Mammalogists. https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001629.

Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400429.

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