Vordermann's flying squirrel
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Petinomys |
Species: | P. vordermanni
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Binomial name | |
Petinomys vordermanni (Jentink, 1890)
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Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Myanmar. It was described in 1890 by the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink,[2] who named it after its discoverer, the Dutch physician Adolphe Vorderman.
References
[edit]- ^ Francis, C. & Gumal, M. (2008). "Petinomys vordermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Jentink, F. A. (1890). "On a collection of mammals from Billiton". Notes from the Leyden Museum. 12 (1–2): 149–154. S2CID 131033101.
- 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.