Ezo flying squirrel

Ezo flying squirrel
In Higashikawa (March 2009)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Pteromys
Species:
P. volans
Subspecies:
P. v. orii
Trinomial name
Pteromys volans orii
(Kuroda, 1921)
Synonyms

Sciuropterus russicus orii[1]
Pteromys orii[2]
Pteromys volans orii[3]

The Ezo flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) or Ezo-momonga (Japanese: エゾモモンガ) is a subspecies of the Siberian flying squirrel. It is endemic to Hokkaidō, Japan, part of the region once known as Ezo. In the legends of the local Ainu, the Ezo flying squirrel or A-kamui (Ainu: アッ・カムイ) is a tutelary deity of children.[4] Together with the Ezo chipmunk (Eutamias sibiricus lineatus) and Ezo squirrel [ja] (Sciurus vulgaris orientis), it is one of the three sciurids (members of the squirrel family (Sciuridae)) found on the island, to the north of Blakiston's Line, each having its own particular ecological niche.[5][6]

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  4. ^ Ohdachi, S.D.; Ishibashi, Y.; Iwasa, M.A.; Fukui, D.; Saitoh, T., eds. (2015). The Wild Mammals of Japan (2 ed.). Shoukadoh and The Mammal Society of Japan. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-4879746917.
  5. ^ エゾモモンガってどんな動物? [What kind of animal is the Ezo Momonga?] (PDF) (in Japanese). Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. ^ Yanagawa Hisashi 柳川久 (1996). "エゾモモンガとニホンモモンガ". In Kawamichi Takeo 川道武男 [in Japanese] (ed.). 『日本動物大百科 第1巻 哺乳類 I』 [The Encyclopaedia of Animals in Japan I: Mammals I] (in Japanese). Heibonsha. pp. 84–87. ISBN 978-4-582-54551-7.