Groove-toothed flying squirrel

Groove-toothed flying squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Aeretes
Species:	A. melanopterus
Binomial name
Aeretes melanopterus (A. 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 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.

See also

• List of endangered and protected species of China

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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Flying squirrels (Pteromyini or Petauristini)

Genera Aeretes (groove-toothed flying squirrel)

• Northern Chinese flying squirrel (A. melanopterus)

Genera Aeromys (large black flying squirrel)

• Black flying squirrel (A. tephromelas)
• Thomas's flying squirrel (A. thomasi)

Genera Belomys (hairy-footed flying squirrel)

• Hairy-footed flying squirrel (B. pearsonii)

Genera Biswamoyopterus (Namdapha flying squirrel)

• Namdapha flying squirrel (B. biswasi)

Genera Eoglaucomys (Kashmir flying squirrel)

• Kashmir flying squirrel (E. fimbriatus)

Genera Eupetaurus (woolly flying squirrel)

• Woolly flying squirrel (E. cinereus)

Genera Glaucomys (New World flying squirrel)

• Southern flying squirrel (G. volans)
• Northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus)

Genera Hylopetes

• Particolored flying squirrel H. alboniger)
• Afghan flying squirrel (H. baberi)
• Bartel's flying squirrel (H. bartelsi)
• Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus)
• Palawan flying squirrel (H. nigripes)
• Indochinese flying squirrel (H. phayrei)
• Jentink's flying squirrel (H. platyurus)
• Sipora flying squirrel (H. sipora)
• Red-cheeked flying squirrel (H. spadiceus)
• Sumatran flying squirrel (H. winstoni)

Genera Iomys

• Javanese flying squirrel (I. horsfieldi)
• Mentawi flying squirrel (I. sipora)

Genera Petaurillus (pygmy flying squirrel)

• Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (P. emiliae)
• Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (P. hosei)
• Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (P. kinlochii)

Genera Petaurista

• Red and white giant flying squirrel (P. alborufus)
• Spotted giant flying squirrel (P. elegans)
• Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (P. magnificus)
• Bhutan giant flying squirrel (P. nobilis)
• Indian giant flying squirrel (P. philippensis)
• Chinese giant flying squirrel (P. xanthotis)
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (P. leucogenys)
• Red giant flying squirrel (P.  petaurista)

Genera Petinomys

• Basilan flying squirrel (P. crinitus)
• Travancore flying squirrel (P. fuscocapillus)
• Whiskered flying squirrel (P. genibarbis)
• Hagen's flying squirrel (P. hageni)
• Siberut flying squirrel (P. lugens)
• Mindanao flying squirrel (P. mindanensis)
• Arrow flying squirrel (P. sagitta)
• Temminck's flying squirrel (P. setosus)
• Vordermann's flying squirrel (P. vordermanni)

Genera Pteromys (Old World flying squirrel)

• Siberian flying squirrel (P. volans)
• Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (P. momonga)

Genera Pteromyscus (smoky flying squirrel)

• Smoky flying squirrel (P. pulverulentus)

Genera Trogopterus (complex-toothed flying squirrel)

• Complex-toothed flying squirrel (T. xanthipes)

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