Hylopetes sipora (Chasen, 1940)

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Sciuridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 648-837 : 765

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6840226

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6818850

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scientific name

Hylopetes sipora
status

 

129. View Plate 49: Sciuridae

Sipora Flying Squirrel

Hylopetes sipora View in CoL

French: Polatouche de Sipora / German: Sipora-Gleithérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla voladora de Sipora

Taxonomy. Hylopetes sagitta sipora Chasen, 1940 View in CoL ,

“Sipora Island, Mentawi Islands, West Sumatra,”

Indonesia.

Hylopetes siporawas described from an imma- ture specimen and was originally included in H. sagitta; an adult specimen is needed to clarify its taxonomic status. Monotypic. Dimi Sipora I, Mentawi Is (off W umatra).

Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 140 mm, tail mean 160 mm; weight mean 89 g. The Sipora Flying Squirrel has dark brown forefeet and hindfeet. Ventral surface is buff to orange-buff, and there is white patch on chest. Tail is almost completely dull brownish black, paler at base, white at tip, and not markedly bicolored.

Habitat. Primary lowland tropical and subtropical forests.

Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.

Breeding. There is no information available for this species.

Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Sipora Flying Squirrel is nocturnal and arboreal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered on The IUCN Red List. Habitat destruction on Sipora Island (845 km?) negatively affects the endemic Sipora Flying

Squirrel. Current population trend is decreasing. Habitat changes that limit connectivity are likely detrimental because the Sipora Flying Squirrel has limited glide distance. No conservation actions are in place. More surveys and basic research on its distribution, population status, and natural history are needed to better understand threats and useful conservation action.

Bibliography. Baillie & Groombridge (1996), Heaney (2008), Jackson (2012), Jackson & Thorington (2012), Meijaard (2003), Ruedas et al. (2008b), Thorington & Hoffmann (2005), Thorington et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Hylopetes

Loc

Hylopetes sipora

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier 2016
2016
Loc

Hylopetes sagitta sipora

Chasen 1940
1940
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