Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Sciurinae
Tribus: Pteromyini
Genus: Biswamoyopterus
Species: Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis

Name

Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis Li, Li, Jackson, Li, Jiang, Zhao, Song & Jiang, 2019: 151

Holotype: KIZ 034924 (field number bs1628), adult ♂, skull, dried skin, baculum, and remaining body part in alcohol, collected by Quan Li in January 2017.

Type locality: “Baihualin village [25.298167N, 98.784683E], Lujiang township, Longyang County, Baoshan City, Yunnan, China. The locality is located on the eastern slope of the southern Mount Gaoligong”.

References

Primary references

• Li, Q., Li, X.-Y., Jackson, S.M., Li, F., Jiang, M., Zhao, W., Song, W.-Y. & Jiang, X.-L. 2019. 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 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mount Gaoligong Flying Squirrel
中文: 高黎贡山鼯鼠