Large black flying squirrel

Large black flying squirrels
Temporal range: Recent
Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
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.

Species

There are two species of large black flying squirrels:

References

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