Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
754
818
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Petinomys sagitta
(Linnaeus 1766)
[Sciurus] sagitta
Linnaeus 1766
,
Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 88
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
,
Java
.
Vernacular Names:
Arrow Flying Squirrel
.
Distribution:
Java
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Formerly included in
Hylopetes
; see
Medway
(1977:102)
. May be conspecific with
genibarbis
; see
Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1955:31)
.
Medway
(1977:102)
considered it inadvisable to synonymize
sagitta
and
genibarbis
until the relationship has been certainly established.
Corbet and Hill (1992)
considered
sagitta
as
incertae sedis
.