Biswamoyopterus laoensis

Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook, & P. J. J. Bates, 2013

Laotian 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

Authority citation

Sanamxay, D., Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Xayavong, S., Xayaphet, V., Satasook, C. and Bates, P.J.J. 2013-07-15. Rediscovery of Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in Asia, with the description of a new species from Lao PDR. Zootaxa 3686(4):471-481.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.5

Original name as described

Biswamoyopterus laoensis

Other common names

Laotian Giant Flying Squirrel

Type material

FES.MM.12.163

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Thongnami market, Ban (village) Thongnami, Pak Kading District, Bolikhamxai Province, Lao PDR, 18°10.302'N, 104°14.115'E."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Laos

Taxonomy notes

recently described; all Biswamoyopterus may be conspecific

Taxonomy notes citation

Sanamxay, D., Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Xayavong, S., Xayaphet, V., Satasook, C., & Bates, P. J. (2013). Rediscovery of Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in Asia, with the description of a new species from Lao PDR. Zootaxa, 3686(4), 471-481. · 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001617

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Biswamoyopterus laoensis

Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook, & P. J. J. Bates, 2013

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

laoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FES.MM.12.163

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

473

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88700294/88700297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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