Large black flying squirrel
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| 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 Robinson & Kloss, 1915 |
| Species | |
Large black flying squirrels[citation needed] (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini. They are only found in South-east Asia.
[edit] Species
There are two species of Large black flying squirrels:
- Black Flying Squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
- Thomas's Flying Squirrel, Aeromys thomasi
[edit] 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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