Bartel's flying squirrel

Bartel's flying squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hylopetes
Species: H. bartelsi
Binomial name
Hylopetes bartelsi
Chasen, 1939

The Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) is a rodent species in the Sciuridae family endemic to West Java, Indonesia. It inhabits subtropical and tropical forests.[1]

Name

The Bartel's flying squirrel was named after Dutch naturalist Max Eduard Gottlieb Bartels.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Clayton, E. (2016). "Hylopetes bartelsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T10602A115098024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10602A22243650.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Michael, Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780801895333.


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