Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Sciurinae
Tribe:	Pteromyini
Subtribe:	Pteromyina
Genus:	Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940
Species:	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. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

[edit] References

Baillie, J. 1996. Aeretes melanopterus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
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.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini tribe)

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Eoglaucomys	Kashmir Flying Squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)

Glaucomys	Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) · Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)

Hylopetes	Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) · Afghan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) · Bartel's Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) · Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus) · Palawan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes) · Indochinese Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) · Jentink’s Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) · Sipora Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) · Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) · Sumatran Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni)

Iomys	Javanese Flying Squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) · Mentawi Flying Squirrel (Iomys sipora)

Petaurillus	Lesser Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) · Hose's Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) · Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii)

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	Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) · Thomas's Flying Squirrel (Aeromys thomasi)

Belomys	Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsoni)

Biswamoyopterus	Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)

Eupetaurus	Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)

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	Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans) · Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)

Pteromyscus	Smoky Flying Squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)

Trogopterus	Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)

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