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The Palawan flying squirrel or tapilak (Hylopetes nigripes) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Its population is decreasing as time goes on. It is a nocturnal species, and is mainly being destroyed by deforestation
Hylopetes is a genus of flying squirrels. There are about 10 species. [2] [3] Species include: Particolored flying squirrel - H. alboniger (Hodgson, 1836) Bartel's flying squirrel - H. bartelsi Chasen, 1939; Hainan flying squirrel - H. electilis (Allen, 1925) Palawan flying squirrel - H. nigripes (Thomas, 1893) Indochinese flying squirrel - H ...
Palawan flying squirrel: Hylopetes nigripes Thomas, 1893: Lowland forest NT: Basilan flying squirrel: Petinomys crinitus (Hollister, 1911: Forest, especially higher-elevation oak forest LC: Mindanao flying squirrel: Petinomys mindanensis (Rabor, 1939 [2] Forest, especially middle elevations LC: Davao squirrel: Sundasciurus davensis Sanborn ...
Seven people were charged in a trafficking operation that trapped thousands of flying squirrels in Florida with an estimated retail value of over $1 million and sold them to buyers in Asia, state ...
Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.Despite their name, they are not in fact capable of full flight in the same way as birds or bats, but they are able to glide from one tree to another with the aid of a patagium, a furred skin membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle.
Squirrels are generally small animals, ranging in size from the African pygmy squirrel and least pygmy squirrel at 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in total length and just 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz) in weight, [8] [9] to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at up to 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in total length, [10] and several marmot species, which can weigh 8 kg ...
Palawan flying squirrel; Palawan montane squirrel; Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse; Palawan soft-furred mountain rat; Palawan spiny rat; Panay cloudrunner; Philippine forest rat; Philippine porcupine; Philippine pygmy squirrel; Philippine tree squirrel; Phloeomys
Palawan flying squirrel; Particolored flying squirrel; R. ... Sumatran flying squirrel This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 10:39 (UTC). Text ...