Iomys sipora

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Mentawai Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Tribe: Pteromyini
Genus: Iomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Chasen, F.N. and Kloss, C.B. 1928-01-12. Spolia Mentawiensia.—Mammals. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1927(4):797-840.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1927.tb07434.x

Original name as described

Iomys horsfieldi sipora

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1473 (= ZRC RM 2243)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/29633785-a4cf-4ec8-86fc-917f422071e4

Type locality

"Sipora I, W Sumatra, Indonesia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001634

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Iomys horsfieldi sipora

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sipora

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1473 (= ZRC RM 2243)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Sipora Island, West Sumatra

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra: Sipora.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/29633785-a4cf-4ec8-86fc-917f422071e4

Authority page

819

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Iomys horsfieldii sipora:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sipora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Iomys sipora:

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sipora

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

146

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10846/115099877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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