Groove-toothed flying squirrel
Groove-toothed flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Aeretes |
Species: | A. melanopterus
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Binomial name | |
Aeretes melanopterus (A. 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 considered monotypic within the genus Aeretes.[2] It is endemic to China, and occurs in Sichuan, Gansu, Hebei, and Beijing. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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References
- ^ Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Aeretes melanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T555A22269634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T555A22269634.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxa.html
- 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.