Aeretes melanopterus (Milne-Edwards 1867)

[Pteromys] melanopterus Milne-Edwards 1867, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool., 8: 375.

Type Locality: "Les forêts qui couvrent la chaine montagneuse du Tscheli" [= Chihli; old name for Hebei Prov., China].

Vernacular Names: Northern Chinese Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Aeretes melanopterus subsp. melanopterus Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Aeretes melanopterus subsp. szechuanensis Wang, Tu, and Wang 1966

Distribution: Hebei and Sichuan (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Known only from two widely separated areas.