Biswamoyopterus

Biswamoyopterus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It contains three known species of very large flying squirrels, with B. laoensis being among the longest of all squirrels. They are distributed in forests in northeast India, southwest China and Laos. Despite their size, species in this genus tend to be very elusive; due to this, all of them have been described relatively recently.[1][2][3][4] Additionally, they are easily confused with certain Petaurista giant flying squirrels that are more common and overlap in range with the rare Biswamoyopterus.[5][6]

Biswamoyopterus
Specimen of Biswamoyopterus biswasi, viewed from above and below
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Tribe: Pteromyini
Genus: Biswamoyopterus
Saha, 1981
Species
  • Biswamoyopterus biswasi
  • Biswamoyopterus laoensis
  • Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis
Range of Biswamoyopterus species

Species

There are currently three known species in this genus:

References
  1. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Biswamoyopterus". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  2. Bates, Paul J. J.; Satasook, Chutamas; Xayaphet, Vilakhan; Xayavong, Sysouphanh; Bumrungsri, Sara; Douangboubpha, Bounsavane; Sanamxay, Daosavanh (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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334.
  3. Jiang, Xue-Long; Song, Wen-Yu; Zhao, Wei; Jiang, Ming; Li, Fei; Jackson, Stephen M.; Li, Xue-You; Li, Quan (2019-07-18). "Discovery and description of a mysterious Asian flying squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Biswamoyopterus) from Mount Gaoligong, southwest China". ZooKeys. 864: 147–160. doi:10.3897/zookeys.864.33678. ISSN 1313-2970.
  4. "Meet the newest species from an extremely rare flying squirrel family • Earth.com". Earth.com. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. Krishna, C. M.; Kumar, A. (2014). "Why the Red Giant Gliding Squirrel Petaurista petaurista is often mistaken for the Namdapha Gliding Squirrel Biswamoyopterus biswasi (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 6 (8): 6138–6141. doi:10.11609/JoTT.o3727.6138-41.
  6. 崔晨韜 陳堅 喻一偉 (19 July 2019). "新物種！雲南高黎貢山發現高黎貢比氏鼯鼠" (in Chinese). kknews.cc. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
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