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