Groove-toothed flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Aeretes |
Species: | A. melanopterus |
Binomial name | |
Aeretes melanopterus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) | |
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