Black flying squirrel
| Black flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Aeromys |
| Species: | A. tephromelas
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| Binomial name | |
| Aeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873)
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The black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; its habitat is primary and secondary forests and gardens where it uses tree hollows. It feeds on fruits, nuts and other vegetable matter. It is likely not threatened and is adaptable to habitat loss. Black flying squirrels tend to have smaller populations than other squirrels because female black flying squirrels breed infrequently and have a small litter size of just one young.
References
- ^ Aplin, K.; Lunde, D.; Duckworth, J. W.; Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). "Aeromys tephromelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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- 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.
- Jackson, S. 2012. Gliding Mammals of the World. Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
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