Aeretes
Aeretes is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus).
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940 |
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Two fossil species are also known from Late Pliocene of China.[1]
References
- Jackson, S.M.; Thorington Jr., R.W. Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. smithsonian contributions to zoology.
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