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SPECIES Aeretes melanopterus

Author:Milne-Edwards, 1867.
Citation:Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 8: 375.
Common Name:Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:"Les foręts qui couvrent la chaine montagneuse du Tscheli" [= Chihli; old name for Hebei Prov., China].
Distribution:Hebei and Sichuan (China).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Known only from two widely separated areas.
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SUBSPECIES melanopterus

SUBSPECIES szechuanensis

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