Large black flying squirrels Temporal range: Recent |
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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.
There are two species of large black flying squirrels: