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Jentink's Flying Squirrel
Hylopetes platyurus
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Hylopetes
- IUCN status
- DD
- Distribution
- Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Size
- Average body length about 131mm
- Weight
- Average about 57g
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Range
- Indonesia and Malaysia
Jentink's flying squirrel is a nocturnal omnivore native to Indonesia and Malaysia, with an average body length of about 131 mm and an average body mass of about 57 g (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)