Black flying squirrel
Species of rodent
Black flying squirrel | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Aeromys |
Species: | A. tephromelas |
Binomial name | |
Aeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873) | |
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 uses tree hollows. It feeds on fruits, nuts and other vegetable matter. It is likely not threatened and is adaptable to habitat loss. Black flying squirrels tend to have smaller populations than other squirrels because female black flying squirrels breed infrequently and have a small litter size of just one young.
References
- ^ Lee, B. (2016). "Aeromys tephromelas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T556A22271336. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T556A22271336.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 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.
- Jackson, S. 2012. Gliding Mammals of the World. Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.
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Flying squirrels (Pteromyini or Petauristini)
- Northern Chinese flying squirrel (A. melanopterus)
- Black flying squirrel (A. tephromelas)
- Thomas's flying squirrel (A. thomasi)
- Hairy-footed flying squirrel (B. pearsonii)
- Namdapha flying squirrel (B. biswasi)
- Kashmir flying squirrel (E. fimbriatus)
- Woolly flying squirrel (E. cinereus)
- Southern flying squirrel (G. volans)
- Northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus)
- 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)
- Javanese flying squirrel (I. horsfieldi)
- Mentawi flying squirrel (I. sipora)
- Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (P. emiliae)
- Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (P. hosei)
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (P. kinlochii)
- 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)
- 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)
- Siberian flying squirrel (P. volans)
- Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (P. momonga)
- Smoky flying squirrel (P. pulverulentus)
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel (T. xanthipes)
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