''Hylopetes'' is a genus of

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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. It inhabits subtropical and tropical forest. Name The Bartel's flying squirrel was named after Dutch Dutch com ...

- ''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 ...

- ''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 forest A forest is an area of land d ...

- ''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 or Viet Nam ( vi, Việ ...

- ''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. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and fede ...

- ''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 Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indi ...

- ''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 or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially t ...

- ''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 ...

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

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