Aeretes melanopterus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Aeretes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1867. Observations sur quelques mammifères du nord de la Chine. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie) (5)8:374-376.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29126196

Original name as described

Pteromys melanopterus

Other common names

Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel · North Chinese Flying Squirrel

Type material

MNHN 1867-554

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Province of Hebei, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001611

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Aeretes melanopterus szechuanensis

Wang Yuchin, Tu Yunren, & Wang Song, 1966

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

szechuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

HCS 00780

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

86, 89

Authority publication

Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Pteromys melanopterus

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanopterus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1867-554

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

375

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29126196

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Petaurista sulcatus

(A. B. Howell, 1927)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sulcatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:219206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/324b58801-cc4d-4707-96b2-b1e372316706

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39913748

Authority publication

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petaurista melanopterus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126998

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Aeretes melanopterus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

138

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #555) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/555/22269634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aeretes melanopterus melanopterus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Aeretes melanoplerus melanopterus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

melanopterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

778

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Aeretes melanopterus sichuanensis

Wang Yingxiang, 2003

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sichuanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

159

Authority publication

Beijing

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