Thomas's flying squirrel

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Thomas's flying squirrel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Aeromys
Species:
A. thomasi
Binomial name
Aeromys thomasi
(Hose, 1900)

Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of two species in the genus Aeromys. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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References

  1. IUCN (2016). "Aeromys thomasi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.