Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

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

Name

Biswamoyopterus biswasi Saha, 1981: 333

• Holotype: ZSI 20705, adult ♂, skin, skull and baculum, collected by Shyamrup Biswas on 27 April 1981.
• Type locality: “Deban, (alt. c. 350 metre), 26 km east of Miao, Namdapha, Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh, India”.
• Etymology: Named after Biswamoy Biswas.

References

Primary references

• Saha, S.S. 1981. A new genus and a new species of flying squirrel (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) from northeastern India. Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India 4(3): 331–336. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Mayr, E. 2000. In Memoriam: Biswamoy Biswas, 1923–1994. The Auk 117(4): 1030 PDF

Links

• Biswamoyopterus biswasi in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Molur, S. 2016. IUCN: Biswamoyopterus biswasi  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T2816A115063959. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2816A22271554.en

Vernacular names

English: Namdapha Flying Squirrel