The Namdapha Flying Squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) is the sole species placed in the genus Biswamoyopterus. It is a flying squirrel endemic to India. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. 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, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (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 Many, see text 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. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Two groups of rodents are referred to as flying squirrels. ...
These include species unique to the region such as the pygmy hog (Sus salvanius), Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi), the Asian elephant...
Yet, Dr Goutam Narayan has dedicated himself to saving the pygmy hog, the smallest and rarest suid (wild pig) in the world.
Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel Dremomys lokriah 2 or 3 noted on 4 of the 6 days in the park.
Namdapha Flying SquirrelBiswamoyopterus biswasi Namdapha NP: probably this species; 3 seen well on 23rd during spotlighting near Deban; 1 near Haldibari on 24th.
Description: upperparts rufous-brown, underparts completely white, face greyish with dark nose, grey tail with dark tip and white underpart.