Iomys is a small genus of flying squirrel in the family Sciuridae, comprising two species, the Javanese flying squirrel and the Mentawai flying squirrel, found respectively on Java and the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia. The genus was established by Oldfield Thomas in 1908, with the Javanese flying squirrel, first described by Waterhouse in 1838, as its type species. 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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Taxonomic Rank Member Count Band Classification
Living or Extinct Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source Javanese flying squirrel (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ429757, descriptionView the Source 2. Iomys (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Iomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
View the Source3. Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank): Taxon metrics for Iomys
Catalogue of Life (ChecklistBank)Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCountQuote, Taxon metrics, speciesExtantCount
"speciesExtantCount": 2
Wikidata: Iomys
Wikidata Q429757, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Javanese flying squirrel (Wikipedia)
Parent Taxon Of: Javanese flying squirrel, LeadQuote, Parent Taxon Of: Javanese flying squirrel, Lead
The Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
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