- Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel
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Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Sciurinae Tribe: Pteromyini Subtribe: Pteromyina Genus: Aeretes
G. M. Allen, 1940Species: 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.[citation needed] It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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.
Eoglaucomys Glaucomys
(New World flying squirrels)Hylopetes Petaurillus
(Pygmy flying squirrels)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)Belomys Biswamoyopterus Eupetaurus 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)Pteromyscus Trogopterus CategoryCategories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Flying squirrels
- Rodents of China
- Animals described in 1867
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