Basilan flying squirrel

The Basilan flying squirrel (Philippines flying squirrel or Mindanao flying squirrel ) (Petinomys crinitus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is often confused with mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis)

Basilan flying squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petinomys
Species:
P. crinitus
Binomial name
Petinomys crinitus
(Hollister, 1911)

References

  1. Ong, P.; Tabaranza, B.; Rosell-Ambal, G.; Balete, D. & Heaney, L. (2008). "Petinomys crinitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.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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