Basilan flying squirrel

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)

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)

References

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


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