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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Petauroides
Thomas, 1888
- greater gliding possum
(mammal)
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Entity:
Hemibelideinae (Subfamily)
..Hemibelideus (Genus) - brush-tipped ring-tailed possum
..[Petaurista] (Genus)
..[Schoinobates] (Genus)
..[Volucella] (Genus)
..Petauroides (Genus) - greater gliding possum
....Petauroides volans (Species) - greater gliding possum
Authorship
Original name
:
Thomas, 1888:163-166.
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Original spelling
:
Types
Type, by original designation
:
Petauroides volans
(Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792)
Synonyms
Accepted name (subjective)
:
Schoinobates
(Genus)
Lesson, 1842
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonymous name
:
Schoinobates
(Genus)
Lesson, 1842
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name
:
Schoinobates
(Genus)
Iredale & Troughton, 1934, nom. illeg.
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 51.
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Petaurista
(Genus)
Desmarest, 1820, nom. illeg.
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Volucella
(Genus)
Bechstein, 1800, nom. illeg.
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
greater gliding possum
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