Groove-toothed flying squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Aeretes
Species:
A. melanopterus
Binomial name
Aeretes melanopterus

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

  1. โ†‘ 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.
  2. โ†‘ https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxa.html
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754โ€“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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