The Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel (Belomys pearsoni) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China till the island of Taiwan. It lives at altitudes between 1500 and 2400 m above sealevel. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Eutheria (includes extinct ancestors)/Placentalia (excludes extinct ancestors) Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Cimolesta (extinct) Creodonta (extinct) Condylarthra (extinct) Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Embrithopoda (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Litopterna (extinct) Macroscelidea Mesonychia (extinct) Notoungulata (extinct) Perissodactyla Pholidota Plesiadapiformes... Families See Classification Section The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. ... Genera Many: see text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ... John Edward Gray. ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Two groups of rodents are referred to as flying squirrels. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... Location of Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia. ...

The furs is red-brown on the top and white at the bottom. Characteristic are the long hair at the feet, which even cover the claws to protect against the cold in the higher altitudes. The body has a length of about 22 cm, the tail is another 13 cm long.

As it is closely related with the Complex-toothed Flying Squirrel, some taxonomists add the species to the genus Trogopterus.