Biswamoyopterus biswasi

S. S. Saha, 1981

Namdapha Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Saha, S.S. 1981. A new genus and a new species of flying squirrel (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) from northeastern India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 4(3):331-336.

Authority publication link

http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/bulletin/004/03/0331-0336.pdf

Original name as described

Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Other common names

Namdapha Giant Flying Squirrel

Type material

ZSI 20705

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Namdapha, Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

India · Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

all Biswamoyopterus may be conspecific

Taxonomy notes citation

Li, Guogang, et al. "Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic position of the flying squirrel genus Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Pteromyini) on the northern Indo-China peninsula." ZooKeys 939 (2020): 65.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001615

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.

Biswamoyopterus biswasi

S. S. Saha, 1981

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

biswasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 20705

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2816) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2816/115063959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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