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Groove-toothed Fying Squirrel
Aeretes melanopterus
The groove-toothed flying squirrel or Colorful flying Chinese squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is the only extant species assigned to the genus Aeretes, along with two extinct species. It is endemic to China, and occurs in Sichuan, Gansu, Hebei, and Beijing. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 46250.