Petinomys fuscocapillus (Jerdon, 1847)
Travancore flying squirrel
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1889 (Scheffers et al., 2011)
Rediscovered in 1989 (Scheffers et al., 2011)
IUCN RedList status: Near Threatened
Distribution
India and Sri Lanka
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Kurup, G. U. (1989). Rediscovery of small Travancore Flying Squirrel. Oryx 23: 2-3.
Nanayakkara, R. P., Vishvanath, N. and Kusuminda, T. G. T. (2013). The small flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) observed after 78 years in Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 5(1): 85-86.
Rajamani, N., Molur, S. and Nameer, P.O. (2008). Petinomys fuscocapillus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T16734A6331119. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16734A6331119.en. Downloaded on 15 March 2016.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Singh, Ashutosh and Bahuguna, Archana. (2016). Molecular phylogeny of rediscovered Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) and its conservation implications. Current Science 110(4): 659.