Whiskered flying squirrel

The whiskered flying squirrel, Petinomys genibarbis, is a species of flying squirrel found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Flying squirrels are gliding members of the squirrel family, and the GBIF taxonomic backbone places this species in the family Sciuridae of the order Rodentia, with Horsfield credited with the original description in 1822. It belongs to the genus Petinomys, which this atlas already holds as a taxon. The short sources used for this entry describe its range only at the level of the two countries, and do not give its habitat, diet, activity pattern or conservation status, so those facts remain open for later research.