Large black flying squirrel
Large black flying squirrels Temporal range: Recent | |
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Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Subtribe: | Pteromyina |
Genus: | Aeromys |
Species | |
Large black flying squirrels (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini. They are only found in South-east Asia.
Species
There are two species of large black flying squirrels:
- Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
- Thomas's flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi
References
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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