Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel

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Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Sciurinae
Tribe:	Pteromyini
Subtribe:	Pteromyina
Genus:	Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940
Species:	A. melanopterus
Binomial name
*Aeretes melanopterus* (Milne-Edwards, 1867)

The Groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Aeretes. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

[edit] References

^ Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). Aeretes melanopterus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

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.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Eoglaucomys	Kashmir Flying Squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)

Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels)	Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) · Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

Hylopetes	Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) · Afghan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) · Bartel's Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) · Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus) · Palawan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes) · Indochinese Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) · Jentink’s Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) · Sipora Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) · Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) · Sumatran Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni)

Iomys	Javanese Flying Squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) · Mentawi Flying Squirrel (Iomys sipora)

Petaurillus (Pygmy flying squirrels)	Lesser Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) · Hose's Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) · Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii)

Petinomys	Basilan Flying Squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) · Whiskered Flying Squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) · Hagen's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys hageni) · Siberut Flying Squirrel (Petinomys lugens) · Arrow Flying Squirrel (Petinomys sagitta) · Temminck's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys setosus) · Vordermann's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) · Travancore Flying Squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)

Aeretes	Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus)

Aeromys (Large black flying squirrels)	Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) · Thomas's Flying Squirrel (Aeromys thomasi)

Belomys	Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii)

Biswamoyopterus	Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)

Eupetaurus	Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)

Petaurista	Red And White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) · Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista elegans) · Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) · Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) · Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) · Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) · Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) · Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)

Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels)	Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans) · Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)

Pteromyscus	Smoky Flying Squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)

Trogopterus	Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)

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