Biology:Belomys

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Short description: Genus of rodent

Belomys
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Belomys pearsonii.jpg
Hairy-footed flying squirrel (illustration from 1878)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Pteromyini
Genus: Belomys
Thomas, 1908
Species
  • Belomys pearsonii
  • Belomys parapearsoni
  • Belomys thamkaewi

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

  1. 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. 
  2. 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