Large black flying squirrel (
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
''Aeromys'') form a
taxon
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of
squirrels under the tribe
Pteromyini. They are only found in
South-east Asia
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.
Species
There are two species of large black flying squirrel:
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Black flying squirrel
The black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (''Aeromys tephromelas'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; its habitat is primary and secondary forests and gardens where it u ...
, ''Aeromys tephromelas''
*
Thomas's flying squirrel
Thomas's flying squirrel (''Aeromys thomasi'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of two species in the genus ''Aeromys''. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
References
*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 200 ...
, ''Aeromys thomasi''
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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Aeromys