Sipora Flying Squirrel

Sipora Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species: H. sipora
Binomial name
Hylopetes sipora
Chasen, 1940

The Sipora Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Ruedas, L., Duckworth, J. W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). Hylopetes sipora. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.