Groove-toothed flying squirrel

Groove-toothed flying squirrel
Scientific classification
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 family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Aeretes. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

See also

References

  1. Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). Aeretes melanopterus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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