Large black flying squirrel^{[citation needed]} (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini. They are only found in South-east Asia.

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Large black flying squirrel Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Pteromyini
Genus:	Aeromys Robinson & Kloss, 1915
Type species
Pteromys tephromelas
Species
Aeromys tephromelas Aeromys thomasi

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There are two species of large black flying squirrel:

• Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas
• Thomas's flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi

• Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.