Groove-toothed flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Sciurinae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Subtribe: | Pteromyina |
Genus: |
Aeretes G. M. Allen, 1940 |
Species: | A. melanopterus |
Binomial name | |
Aeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) |
The groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Aeretes. It is endemic to China. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.