Arrow flying squirrel

Arrow flying squirrel

Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Hylopetes
Species:	H. sagitta
Binomial name
*Hylopetes sagitta* (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
Sciurus sagitta Linnaeus, 1766 Petinomys sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766) Pteromys lepidus Horsfield, 1824 Hylopetes lepidus (Horsfield, 1824)

The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java and Bangka, Indonesia. The population is unknown as it has only been collected from a few localities. It is nocturnal and arboreal and may be found in primary and secondary forest. It is threatened by forest loss due to logging and agriculture and there are no known conservation actions.

Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the grey-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus), which was described in 1822, is conspecific with this species.^[2]^[3]

References[]

^ Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R.; Koprowski, J. (2019). "Hylopetes sagitta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T112296031A22241796. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T112296031A22241796.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Jackson, Stephen M.; Jr., Richard W. Thorington (2019-09-11). Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.638.1.
^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

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.

v t Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Eoglaucomys	Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)
Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels)	Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis)
Hylopetes	Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) Afghan flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus) Palawan flying squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes) Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) Jentink's flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) Sipora flying squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) Red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) Sumatran flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni)
Iomys	Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora)
Petaurillus (Pygmy flying squirrels)	Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii)
Petinomys	Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) Whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni) Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) Arrow flying squirrel (Petinomys sagitta) Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)
Aeretes	Groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus)
Aeromys (Large black flying squirrels)	Black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi)
Belomys	Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii)
Biswamoyopterus	Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis)
Eupetaurus	Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)
Petaurista	Red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) Spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) Red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)
Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels)	Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)
Pteromyscus	Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)
Trogopterus	Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)
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