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Bartel's flying squirrel

Hylopetes bartelsi (Chasen, 1939)

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The bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) is a species in the family Sciuridae, order Rodentia. Recorded adults weigh 88 g to 146.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.

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Quick facts about the bartel's flying squirrel

Weight
88 g – 146.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Arborealsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bartel's flying squirrel live?

Not recorded

What is the bartel's flying squirrel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Bartel's flying squirrel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bartel%27s_flying_squirrel&oldid=1327832046), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the bartel's flying squirrel endangered?

The bartel's flying squirrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species. What the categories mean.

How is the bartel's flying squirrel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderRodentia
  5. familySciuridae
  6. genusHylopetes
  7. SpeciesHylopetes bartelsi (Chasen, 1939)

Synonyms Petinomys bartelsi

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Bartels's flying squirrelEnglish
  • Bartels's flying squirrelEnglish
  • Bartels’s flying squirrelEnglish
  • poletuška BartelsovaCzech
  • BartelsgleithörnchenGerman
  • jaavanliituriFinnish
  • バベルクサビオモモンガJapanese
  • drzewolotka reliktowaPolish
  • Летяга БартелсаRussian
  • กระรอกบินเล็กบาร์เทลThai

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Relatives of the bartel's flying squirrel

Other species in the same genus Hylopetes.

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Common questions

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How big is the bartel's flying squirrel?

An adult bartel's flying squirrel weighs 88 g – 146.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the bartel's flying squirrel endangered?

The bartel's flying squirrel is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.

What kind of animal is the bartel's flying squirrel?

The bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) belongs to the family Sciuridae in the order Rodentia.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bartels-flying-squirrel

MLA

“Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bartels-flying-squirrel.

BibTeX
@misc{bartels_flying_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bartels-flying-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}