Biology:Belomys
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Short description: Genus of rodent
Belomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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Hairy-footed flying squirrel (illustration from 1878) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Genus: | Belomys Thomas, 1908 |
Species | |
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Belomys is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii).
Fossil species include the Pleistocene Belomys thamkaewi and the Late Pliocene Belomys parapearsoni, both from Southeast Asia.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Chaimanee, Y.; Jaeger, J.J. (2000). "A new flying squirrel Belomys thamkaewi n. sp. (Mammalia : Rodentia) from the Pleistocene of West Thailand and its biogeography". Mammalia 64 (3): 307–318. doi:10.1515/mamm.2000.64.3.307. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249943885.
- ↑ Jackson, S.M.; Thorington Jr., R.W. (2012). "Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (638): 1–117. doi:10.5479/SI.00810282.638.1.
Wikidata ☰ Q12254966 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belomys.
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