Belomys
| Belomys Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Hairy-footed flying squirrel (illustration from 1878) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | Belomys Thomas, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Sciruopterus pearsonii J. E. Gray, 1842 | |
| Species | |
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Belomys is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii).
Fossil species include the Pleistocene Belomys thamkaewi and the Late Pliocene Belomys parapearsoni, both from Southeast Asia.