Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis
Li Quan, Li Xueyou, S. M. Jackson, Li Fei, Jiang Ming, Zhao Wei, Song Wenyu, & Jiang Xuelong, 2019
Mount Gaoligong 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
Authority citation
Li, Q., Li, X.-y., Jackson, S.M., Li, F., Jiang, M., Zhao, W., Song, W.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2019-07-18. Discovery and description of a mysterious Asian flying squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Biswamoyopterus) from Mount Gaoligong, southwest China. ZooKeys 864:147-160.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.864.33678Original name as described
Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis
Type material
KIZ 034924
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
E slope of S Mt Gaoligong, Baihualin village (25.298167 N, 98.784683 E), Baoshan City, Lujiang township, Longyang County, Yunnan, China.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
recently described; all Biswamoyopterus may be conspecific
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, Q., Li, X. Y., Jackson, S. M., Li, F., Jiang, M., Zhao, W., ... & Jiang, X. L. (2019). Discovery and description of a mysterious Asian flying squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Biswamoyopterus) from Mount Gaoligong, southwest China. ZooKeys, 864, 147. · Li, G., Lwin, Y. H., Yang, B., Qin, T., Phothisath, P., Maung, K. W., ... & Li, S. (2020). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic position of the flying squirrel genus Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Pteromyini) on the northern Indo-China peninsula. ZooKeys, 939, 65.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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