''Hylopetes'' is a

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flying squirrel Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe (biology), tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family (biology), family Squirrel, Sciuridae. Despite their name, they are not in fact capable of full flight i ...

s. There are about 10 species. Species include: *

Particolored flying squirrel The particolored flying squirrel (''Hylopetes alboniger'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical ...

- ''H. alboniger'' (Hodgson, 1836) *

Bartel's flying squirrel The Bartel's flying squirrel (''Hylopetes bartelsi'') is a rodent species in the family Sciuridae endemic to West Java, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indi ...

- ''H. bartelsi'' Chasen, 1939 *

Hainan flying squirrel The Hainan flying squirrel (''Hylopetes electilis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Hainan Island in China. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Indochinese flying squirrel The Indochinese flying s ...

- ''H. electilis'' (

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, 1925) *

Palawan flying squirrel The Palawan flying squirrel or ''tapilak'' (''Hylopetes nigripes'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Its population is decreasing as ti ...

- ''H. nigripes'' (Thomas, 1893) *

Indochinese flying squirrel The Indochinese flying squirrel (''Hylopetes phayrei''), also known as Phayre's flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialis ...

- ''H. phayrei'' (Blyth, 1859) *

Jentink's flying squirrel The Jentink’s flying squirrel (''Hylopetes platyurus'') is a species of squirrel native to Indonesia and Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a ...

- ''H. platyurus'' ( Jentink, 1890) *

Arrow flying squirrel The arrow flying squirrel (''Hylopetes sagitta'') is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java and Bangka, Indonesia. The population is unknown as it has only been collected from a few localities. It is nocturnal and arboreal and may b ...

- ''H. sagitta'' (

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, 1766) *

Sipora flying squirrel The Sipora flying squirrel (''Hylopetes sipora'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction ...

- ''H. sipora'' Chasen, 1940 *

Red-cheeked flying squirrel The red-cheeked flying squirrel (''Hylopetes spadiceus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietna ...

- ''H. spadiceus'' (Blyth, 1847) *

Sumatran flying squirrel The Sumatran flying squirrel (''Hylopetes winstoni'') is a flying squirrel only found on the island of Sumatra. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN red list. Originally discovered in 1949, it is known only from a single specimen. It is a n ...

- ''H. winstoni'' (Sody, 1949)

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Rodent genera Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas {{Squirrel-stub