Groove-toothed flying squirrel
| Groove-toothed 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: | Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940 |
| Species: | A. melanopterus
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| Binomial name | |
| Aeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
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The groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Aeretes.[citation needed] It is endemic to China, and occurs in Sichuan, Gansu, Hebei, and Beijing. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
See also
References
- ^ Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Aeretes melanopterus". 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.
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