Authority citation: Sanamxay, D., Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Xayavong, S., Xayaphet, V., Satasook, C. and Bates, P.J.J. 2013-07-15. Rediscovery of Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae: Pteromyini) in Asia, with the description of a new species from Lao PDR. Zootaxa 3686(4):471-481.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3686.4.5
Original name as described: Biswamoyopterus laoensis
Nominal names: laoensis Sanamxay, Douangboubpha, Bumrungsri, Xayavong, Xayaphet, Satasook, & P. J. J. Bates, 2013
Other common names: Laotian Giant Flying Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Sciuridae -- Subfamily: Sciurinae -- Tribe: Pteromyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: FES.MM.12.163
Type locality: "Thongnami market, Ban (village) Thongnami, Pak Kading District, Bolikhamxai Province, Lao PDR, 18°10.302'N, 104°14.115'E."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Laos (LAO)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently flagged, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described; all Biswamoyopterus may be conspecific
Citation: Sanamxay, D., Douangboubpha, B., Bumrungsri, S., Xayavong, S., Xayaphet, V., Satasook, C., & Bates, P. 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.|Li, Q., Li, X. Y., Jackson, S. M., Li, F., Jiang, M., Zhao, W., ... & Jiang, X. L. (2019). Discovery and description of a mysterious Asian flying squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Biswamoyopterus) from Mount Gaoligong, southwest China. ZooKeys, 864, 147.|Li, G., Lwin, Y. H., Yang, B., Qin, T., Phothisath, P., Maung, K. W., ... & Li, S. (2020). Taxonomic revision and phylogenetic position of the flying squirrel genus Biswamoyopterus (Mammalia, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Pteromyini) on the northern Indo-China peninsula. ZooKeys, 939, 65.
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