Hylopetes bartelsi (Chasen, 1939)
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Hylopetes bartelsi |
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Bartels’s Flying Squirrel
Hylopetes bartelsi View in CoL
French: Polatouche de Bartels / German: Bartels-Gleithornchen / Spanish: Ardilla voladora de Bartels
Taxonomy. Petinomys bartelsi Chasen, 1939 ,
“Tjilondong, Mt. Pangrango, West Java,
Indonesia.”
Hylopetes bartelsi was formerly included in Petinomys. Monotypic.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality on Mt Pangrango in W Java.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 133-197 mm, tail 119-120 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Bartels’s Flying Squirrel is similar to Vordermann’s Flying Squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni), but whiskers and ear tufts are large; tail is markedly bicolored at base. Upper parts are brownish buff, with black base of fur showing through in most places except crown of head. Patagium is black although extreme edges are white. Forefeet are lighter brownish buff than darker blackish brown hindfeet. Particolored tail is brown at base, with pale part being creamy buff. Lower surface of tail is pale cinnamon-rufous to creamy buff. Underparts are creamy white. Cheeks are orange-buff; black line encircles each eye and runs over end of muzzle.
Habitat. [Lowland and montane subtropical and tropical primary forests (but known only from the type locality).
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 Bartels’s 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 Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Current population trend of Bartels’s Flying Squirrel is unknown. It may occur in Gede-Pangrango National Park. More surveys and basic research onits distribution, population status, and natural history are needed to better understand threats and useful conservation action.
Bibliography. Corbet & Hill (1992), Duckworth & Hedges (2008a), Jackson (2012), Jackson & Thorington (2012), Thorington et al. (2012).
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