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Groove-toothed flying squirrel

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Groove-toothed flying squirrel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Aeretes
Species:
A. melanopterus
Binomial name
Aeretes melanopterus

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.

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  1. ^ Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Aeretes melanopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T555A22269634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T555A22269634.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Aeretes melanopterus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists.

Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.