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Mentawi flying squirrel






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Mentawi flying squirrel

Conservation status


Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Iomys
Species:
I. sipora
Binomial name
Iomys sipora

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

The Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemictoIndonesia where it is only known from the Mentawai Islands (Sipura and North Pagai). Its natural habitat is lowland tropical primary forest below 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Geographic distribution

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It is endemic to the jungles of the Mentawai Islands (Indonesia).

Conservation status

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It is threatened with extinction due to the loss of its natural habitat.

Sources

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  1. ^ a b Ruedas, L.; Duckworth, J. W.; Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). "Iomys sipora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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