Black flying squirrel

Black flying squirrel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Aeromys
Species:	A. tephromelas
Binomial name
Aeromys tephromelas (Günther, 1873)

The black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia; its habitat is primary and secondary forests and gardens where it uses tree hollows. It feeds on fruits, nuts and other vegetable matter. It is likely not threatened and is adaptable to habitat loss. Black flying squirrels tend to have smaller populations than other squirrels because female black flying squirrels breed infrequently and have a small litter size of just one young.

References

• 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.
• Jackson, S. 2012. Gliding Mammals of the World. Collingwood, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.

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Flying squirrels (Pteromyini or Petauristini)

Genera Aeretes (groove-toothed flying squirrel)

• Northern Chinese flying squirrel (A. melanopterus)

Genera Aeromys (large black flying squirrel)

• Black flying squirrel (A. tephromelas)
• Thomas's flying squirrel (A. thomasi)

Genera Belomys (hairy-footed flying squirrel)

• Hairy-footed flying squirrel (B. pearsonii)

Genera Biswamoyopterus (Namdapha flying squirrel)

• Namdapha flying squirrel (B. biswasi)

Genera Eoglaucomys (Kashmir flying squirrel)

• Kashmir flying squirrel (E. fimbriatus)

Genera Eupetaurus (woolly flying squirrel)

• Woolly flying squirrel (E. cinereus)

Genera Glaucomys (New World flying squirrel)

• Southern flying squirrel (G. volans)
• Northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus)

Genera Hylopetes

• Particolored flying squirrel H. alboniger)
• Afghan flying squirrel (H. baberi)
• Bartel's flying squirrel (H. bartelsi)
• Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (H. lepidus)
• Palawan flying squirrel (H. nigripes)
• Indochinese flying squirrel (H. phayrei)
• Jentink's flying squirrel (H. platyurus)
• Sipora flying squirrel (H. sipora)
• Red-cheeked flying squirrel (H. spadiceus)
• Sumatran flying squirrel (H. winstoni)

Genera Iomys

• Javanese flying squirrel (I. horsfieldi)
• Mentawi flying squirrel (I. sipora)

Genera Petaurillus (pygmy flying squirrel)

• Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (P. emiliae)
• Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (P. hosei)
• Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (P. kinlochii)

Genera Petaurista

• Red and white giant flying squirrel (P. alborufus)
• Spotted giant flying squirrel (P. elegans)
• Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (P. magnificus)
• Bhutan giant flying squirrel (P. nobilis)
• Indian giant flying squirrel (P. philippensis)
• Chinese giant flying squirrel (P. xanthotis)
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (P. leucogenys)
• Red giant flying squirrel (P.  petaurista)

Genera Petinomys

• Basilan flying squirrel (P. crinitus)
• Travancore flying squirrel (P. fuscocapillus)
• Whiskered flying squirrel (P. genibarbis)
• Hagen's flying squirrel (P. hageni)
• Siberut flying squirrel (P. lugens)
• Mindanao flying squirrel (P. mindanensis)
• Arrow flying squirrel (P. sagitta)
• Temminck's flying squirrel (P. setosus)
• Vordermann's flying squirrel (P. vordermanni)

Genera Pteromys (Old World flying squirrel)

• Siberian flying squirrel (P. volans)
• Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (P. momonga)

Genera Pteromyscus (smoky flying squirrel)

• Smoky flying squirrel (P. pulverulentus)

Genera Trogopterus (complex-toothed flying squirrel)

• Complex-toothed flying squirrel (T. xanthipes)

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