Petinomys mindanensis Rabor 1939

Petinomys mindanensis Rabor 1939, Philippine Jour. Sci., 69: 390.

Type Locality: Badiangon, Gingoog, Oriental Misamis Province, northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines.

Vernacular Names: Mindanao Flying Squirrel.

Synonyms: Petinomys nigricaudus Sanborn 1954 .

Distribution: Dinagat, Siargao, and Mindanao Isls (Philippines; Heaney and Rabor, 1982).

Discussion: Holotype of Hylopetes mindanensis destroyed during World War II; paratype in National Museum of Natural History is larger than P. crinitus with a round, not a flattened tail.