Vordermann's flying squirrel

Vordermann's flying squirrel
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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. Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Petinomys vordermanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T16740A115139026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16740A22241246.en . Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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; 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.