Large black flying squirrel

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Large black flying squirrels Fossil range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Pteromyini Subtribe: Pteromyina Genus: Aeromys Robinson & Kloss, 1915
Species
Aeromys tephromelas Aeromys thomasi

Large black flying squirrels (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini. They are only found in South-east Asia.

[edit] Species

There are two species of Large black flying squirrels:

• Black Flying Squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
• Thomas's Flying Squirrel, Aeromys thomasi

[edit] References

• 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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