Biswamoyopterus biswasi

Biswamoyopterus biswasi

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: 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

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.

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.

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

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

English: Namdapha Flying Squirrel

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