Belomys, the Glossary
Belomys is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii).[1]
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7 relations: Genus, Hairy-footed flying squirrel, Oldfield Thomas, Piacenzian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Southeast Asia.
- Flying squirrels
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. Belomys and hairy-footed flying squirrel are flying squirrels.
See Belomys and Hairy-footed flying squirrel
Oldfield Thomas
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist.
See Belomys and Oldfield Thomas
Piacenzian
The Piacenzian is in the international geologic time scale the upper stage or latest age of the Pliocene.
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
Pliocene
The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
See Belomys and Southeast Asia
See also
Flying squirrels
- Aeretes
- Aeromys
- Belomys
- Biswamoyopterus
- Complex-toothed flying squirrel
- Eupetaurus
- Flying squirrel
- Glaucomys
- Groove-toothed flying squirrel
- Hairy-footed flying squirrel
- Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel
- Hylopetes
- Iomys
- Kashmir flying squirrel
- Miopetaurista
- Petaurillus
- Petaurista
- Petinomys
- Pteromys
- Pygmy flying squirrel
- Smoky flying squirrel