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Large black flying squirrel[citation needed] (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini. They are only found in South-east Asia.
| Large black flying squirrel Temporal range:
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| Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | Aeromys Robinson & Kloss, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Pteromys tephromelas | |
| Species | |
Species edit
There are two species of large black flying squirrel:
- Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
- Thomas's flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi
References edit
- 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.