Palawan Flying Squirrel

Palawan Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species: H. nigripes
Binomial name
Hylopetes nigripes
(Thomas, 1893)

Hylopetes nigripes, known commonly as the Palawan flying squirrel or bising, is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

References

  1. ^ Ong, P., Tabaranza, B., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Balete, D. (2008). Hylopetes nigripes. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.