Bartel's flying squirrel

Bartel's 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. bartelsi
Binomial name
Hylopetes bartelsi Chasen, 1939

The Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) is a rodent species in the family Sciuridae endemic to West Java, Indonesia. It inhabits subtropical and tropical forest. ^[1]

Name

The Bartel's flying squirrel was named after Dutch naturalist Max Eduard Gottlieb Bartels. ^[2]

References

1. Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Hylopetes bartelsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T10602A115098024. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T10602A22243650.en . Retrieved 23 June 2022.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Michael, Grayson (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 30. ISBN   978-0-8018-9533-3.