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Petinomys
crinitus
Hollister,
1911. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 24:185.
©2002
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Sciuridae
COMMON NAME—Mindanao
flying squirrel
DISTRIBUTION—Mindanao
Faunal Region only. There are records from Basilan (USNM), Dinagat (DMNH),
Mindanao [Bukidnon (FMNH), Davao del Sur (DMNH), Lanao del Sur (DMNH),
Misamis Occidental (FMNH), Misamis Oriental (DMNH), and Zamboanga del
Norte (UPLB) provinces], and Siargao (DMNH).
HABITAT—Primary
lowland forest from 500 m to 1600 m, most abundant at middle elevations
(Musser and Heaney, 1992).
STATUS—Moderately
common in midelevation primary forest.
COMMENTS—Includes
Hylopetes mindanensis (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Hoffmann et al.,
1993).
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