Kingdom Animalia Family Sciuridae Phylum Chordata Order Rodent | Class Mammalia Subfamily Pteromyinae Rank Genus | |
Similar Rodent, Micromeryx, Listriodon, Steneofiber, Hyotherium | ||
Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrel closely related to flying squirrels of today. Fossils of this species have been found from the Miocene of Europe (France, Germany) and Asia (China).
Habits
Like other flying squirrels, it was an arboreal animal that fed on seeds and fruit.
References
Miopetaurista Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA