Biswamoyopterus laoensis

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 laoensis

Name

Biswamoyopterus laoensis Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook & Bates, 2013: 473

Holotype: FES.MM.12.163 (Field No. DS20120925.11), adult ♀, skull extracted, dry skin, captured by a hunter, collected from the market by Daosavanh Sanamxay, Sysouphanh Xayavong, and Vilakhan Xayaphet on 25 September 2012.

Type locality: “Thongnami market, Ban (village) Thongnami, Pak Kading District, Bolikhamxai Province, Lao PDR, 18°10.302'N, 104°14.115'E. Its actual place of origin is not known. However, most of the ‘bush-meat’ sold in this market is sourced from two NBCAs (National Biodiversity Conservation Areas) namely Nam Kading NBCA, which is about 5 km Northeast of Thongnami and Khammouan Limestone NBCA, which is about 25 km Southeast of the village”.

References

Primary references

Sanamxay, D., Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Xayavong, S., Xayaphet, V., Satasook, C. & Bates, P.J.J. 2013. Rediscovery of Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in Asia, with the description of a new species from Lao PDR. Zootaxa 3686(4): 471–481. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.5 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Laotian giant flying squirrel
ไทย: พญากระรอกบินลาว