Arrow flying squirrel

The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java, Indonesia. The population is unknown as it is only known from the type specimen from 1766. 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
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 Hornsfield, 1824
  • Hylopetes lepidus (Hornsfield, 1824)

References

  1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. & Koprowski, J. (2016). "Hylopetes sagitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2019.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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