Arrow flying squirrel

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.

Arrow flying squirrel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)

Phylogenetic evidence indicates that the grey-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus), a widespread species described in 1822 and known from peninsular Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo, is conspecific with this species.^[2][3]

References

1. 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.
2. Jackson, Stephen M.; Thorington, Richard W. Jr. (2019-09-11). "Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (638): 1–117. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.638.1.
3. "Hylopetes sagitta (Linnaeus, 1766)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-10-09.

Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.