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--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Pteromys
SPECIES Pteromys momonga
| Author: | Temminck, 1844. | | Citation: | Fauna Japonica, 1(Mamm.): 47. | | Common Name: | Japanese Flying Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "...les foręts de l'interieur," Restricted by Kishida (in Kuroda, 1938:51) to "Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan]. | | Distribution: | Kyushu and Honshu (Japan). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | The sister species to P. momonga is P. volans (Oshida et al., 2000b). Oshida et al. (1996b, 2000a) described chromosomes. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
amygdali (Thomas, 1906)
interventus (Kuroda, 1941)
momoga Temminck, 1845
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