Hylopetes platyurus (Jentink 1890)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 769

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scientific name	Hylopetes platyurus (Jentink 1890)
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[Hylopetes] platyurus (Jentink 1890) , Notes Leyden Mus., 12: 147.

Type Locality: Deli, NE Sumatra.

Vernacular Names: Jentink's Flying Squirrel.

Distribution: Sumatra, Malaysia.

Discussion: Formerly included in lepidus ( Hill, 1962 c; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a), but see Thorington et al. (1996). Corbet and Hill (1992) listed aurantiacus as a synonym, here placed in H. spadiceus .