Vordermann's flying squirrel

Vordermann's flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petinomys
Species:
P. vordermanni
Binomial name
Petinomys vordermanni
(Jentink, 1890)

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

  1. ^ Francis, C. & Gumal, M. (2008). "Petinomys vordermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ 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.


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