Aeretes
Aeretes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Genus: | Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940 |
Species | |
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Aeretes is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus).
Two fossil species are also known from Late Pliocene of China.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jackson, S.M.; Thorington Jr., R.W. Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. smithsonian contributions to zoology.
Categories:
- Rodent genera
- Flying squirrels
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Mammal stubs