Hairy-footed flying squirrel
Hairy-footed flying squirrel | |
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Belomys |
Species: | B. pearsonii |
Binomial name | |
Belomys pearsonii (J. E. Gray, 1842) | |
Synonyms | |
Sciuropterus pearsonii Gray, 1842 |
The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. It lives at elevations of 800–2,400 m (2,600–7,900 ft) above sea level.[1]
The fur is red-brown on the top and white at the bottom. the margins of the eyelids are dark brown, and the sides of the face are pale rufous; the ears are moderately large and rounded, rather dark brown towards the tips, and pencilled at the base, anteriorly and posteriorly, with long delicate hairs.[2] Characteristic are the long hair at the feet, which even covers the claws to protect against the cold in the higher altitudes. The body has a length of about 22 cm; the tail is another 13 cm long.
Taxonomy and systematics
As hairy-footed flying squirrel is related to the complex-toothed flying squirrel, some taxonomists have included the species to the genus Trogopterus. However, its status as distinct genus is now generally accepted.[3] The species is named after John Thomas Pearson.
There are four subspecies: Belomys pearsonii pearsonii, B. m. blandus, B. m. kaleensis, and B. m. trichotis. B. m. kaleensis is endemic to Taiwan. It appears to be genetically distinct from Vietnamese specimens, which themselves represented two distinct lineages (of unknown subspecies). All three lineages are distinct enough to be recognized as separate species.[3]
References
- ^ a b Molur, S. (2016). "Belomys pearsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2756A22256636. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T2756A22256636.en.
- ^ "NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA AND CEYLON".
- ^ a b Oshida, Tatsuo; Lin, Liang-Kong; Chang, Shih-Wei; Dang, Can Ngoc; Nguyen, Son Truong; Nguyen, Nghia Xuan; Nguyen, Dang Xuan; Endo, Hideki; Kimura, Junpei; Sasaki, Motoki; Hayashida, Akiko; Takano, Ai (March 2015). "Mitochondrial DNA evidence suggests challenge to the conspecific status of the hairy-footed flying squirrel Belomys pearsonii from Taiwan and Vietnam". Mammal Study. 40 (1): 29–33. doi:10.3106/041.040.0106. S2CID 85821513.
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- Northern Chinese flying squirrel (A. melanopterus)
- Black flying squirrel (A. tephromelas)
- Thomas's flying squirrel (A. thomasi)
- Hairy-footed flying squirrel (B. pearsonii)
- Namdapha flying squirrel (B. biswasi)
- Kashmir flying squirrel (E. fimbriatus)
- Woolly flying squirrel (E. cinereus)
- Southern flying squirrel (G. volans)
- Northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus)
- 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)
- Javanese flying squirrel (I. horsfieldi)
- Mentawi flying squirrel (I. sipora)
- Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (P. emiliae)
- Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (P. hosei)
- Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (P. kinlochii)
- 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)
- 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)
- Siberian flying squirrel (P. volans)
- Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (P. momonga)
- Smoky flying squirrel (P. pulverulentus)
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel (T. xanthipes)