Belomys
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Belomys is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii).
Quick Facts Belomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent, Scientific classification ...
Belomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
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Hairy-footed flying squirrel (illustration from 1878) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Genus: | Belomys Thomas, 1908 |
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Fossil species include the Pleistocene Belomys thamkaewi and the Late Pliocene Belomys parapearsoni, both from Southeast Asia.[1][2]