Taxonomy Profile: Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)

Glaucomys volans: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Mus volans
Linnaeus 1758
Common Name(s):
Ardilla-voladora del sur []
petit polatouche []
Southern Flying Squirrel []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Glaucomys volans: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
squirrels |
Family : Sciuridae
squirrels |
marmots |
chipmunks |
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
flying squirrels |
Genus : Glaucomys
American flying squirrels |
New World Flying Squirrels |
Species : Glaucomys volans
Ardilla-voladora del sur |
petit polatouche |
Southern Flying Squirrel |
Glaucomys volans Direct Children(s):
Glaucomys volans volans
(Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys volans saturatus
(A H Howell 1915)
Glaucomys volans texensis
(A H Howell 1915)
Glaucomys volans: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family Sciuridae
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
754-818
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2012-01-01 / 2012-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Squirrels of the World
Page(s):
vii + 459
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-4214-0469-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Glaucomys volans
Glaucomys volans: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Middle America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Glaucomys volans: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as G. volans, Not Evaluated as G. v. goldmani, G. v. guerreroensis, and G. v. oaxacensis
Comment:
Comments: Reviewed by Dolan and Carter (1973, Mammalian Species, 78). For systematics and distribution of Mesoamerican populations, see Diersing (1980a) and Braun (1988). Subspecies according to Hall (1981). A phylogeographic study using mitochondrial DNA showed little divergence between two subspecies (Arbogast, 1999)