| Japanese dwarf flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Pteromys |
| Species: | P. momonga
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteromys momonga Temminck, 1844
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The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga; Japanese: ニホンモモンガ, Hepburn: Nihon momonga) is one of two species of Old World flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys. During the day, this squirrel hides in a hole, usually in a coniferous tree, emerging at night to feed.
- ^ Cassola, F. (2016). "Pteromys momonga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18701A22270866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18701A22270866.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.