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Mentawai Flying Squirrel
Iomys sipora
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Iomys
- IUCN status
- EN
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
About this species
- Habitat
- Lowland tropical primary forest below 500m
- Range
- Endemic to the Mentawai Islands (Sipura and North Pagai), Indonesia
The Mentawai flying squirrel is a rodent in the squirrel family, endemic to Indonesia and known only from the Mentawai Islands of Sipura and North Pagai. Its natural habitat is lowland tropical primary forest below 500 m, and it is threatened by habitat loss (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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