Black flying squirrel

The black flying squirrel, also called the large black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas, is a gliding rodent of the family Sciuridae found in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia. Its habitat is primary and secondary forest and gardens, where it uses tree hollows for shelter. It feeds on fruits, nuts and other plant matter. The source article describes it as likely not threatened and as adaptable to habitat loss. Even so, black flying squirrels tend to keep smaller populations than other squirrels, because the female breeds infrequently and has a litter of just one young. The classification of the species follows Thorington and Hoffman in Mammal Species of the World, and general background on its gliding life comes from Jackson's Gliding Mammals of the World, both of which the article lists as references.