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Petaurillus

Mammal Genera

Petaurillus, the pygmy flying squirrels, is a genus of three flying squirrel species: the lesser pygmy flying squirrel, Hose's pygmy flying squirrel, and the Selangor pygmy flying squirrel, whose common names point to their range across the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. The genus was named by Oldfield Thomas in 1908 and belongs to the flying squirrel tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Petaurillus (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    Pygmy flying squirrels (Petaurillus) are a genus of flying squirrels.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
  • present tense, genus of pygmy flying squirrels
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Wikidata: Petaurillus
Wikidata Q1080933, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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