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 the mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis).
Basilan flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Petinomys |
Species: | P. crinitus
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Binomial name | |
Petinomys crinitus (Hollister, 1911)
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Basilan flying squirrel range |
References
edit- ^ Ong, P.; Heaney, L. (2016). "Petinomys crinitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16733A22241533. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16733A22241533.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.