Hylopetes Explained

Hylopetes is a genus of flying squirrels. There are about 10 species.^[1]

Species include:

• Particolored flying squirrel - H. alboniger (Hodgson, 1836)
• Bartel's flying squirrel - H. bartelsi Chasen, 1939
• Hainan flying squirrel - H. electilis (Allen, 1925)
• Palawan flying squirrel - H. nigripes (Thomas, 1893)
• Indochinese flying squirrel - H. phayrei (Blyth, 1859)
• Jentink's flying squirrel - H. platyurus (Jentink, 1890)
• Arrow flying squirrel - H. sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Sipora flying squirrel - H. sipora Chasen, 1940
• Red-cheeked flying squirrel - H. spadiceus (Blyth, 1847)
• Sumatran flying squirrel - H. winstoni (Sody, 1949)

Notes and References

1. Rasmussen, N. L. & R. W. Thorington. 2008. Morphological Differentiation among Three Species of Flying Squirrels (Genus Hylopetes) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Mammalogy 89(5) 1296–1305.