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Lesser pygmy flying squirrel

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Lesser pygmy flying squirrel
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurillus
Species: P. emiliae
Binomial name
Petaurillus emiliae
Thomas, 1908

The lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Borneo where it is known from the type specimen collected in 1901 in Sarawak (Malaysia) and another specimen collected in 2013 in Labanan Research Forest in East Kalimantan (Indonesia).

The lesser pygmy flying squirrel is arboreal and probably prefers forest. It is threatened by habitat conversion due to agriculture and logging. There are no conservation measures in place. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, reproduction and ecology of this species.

References

  1. ^ Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2016). "Petaurillus emiliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16714A22269375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16714A22269375.en. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)
Aeretes
Aeromys
(Large black flying squirrels)
Belomys
Biswamoyopterus
Eoglaucomys
Eupetaurus
Glaucomys
(New World flying squirrels)
Hylopetes
Iomys
Petaurillus
(Pygmy flying squirrels)
Petaurista
Petinomys
Pteromys
(Old World flying squirrels)
Pteromyscus
Trogopterus
Category
Taxon identifiers
Petaurillus emiliae


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