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Taxon: Subfamily Pteromyinae Brandt, 1855 - flying squirrels (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia - (Family) Sciuridae

Original position

Questionably Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably Aeretes (Genus) Allen, 1940
Questionably Albanensia (Genus) Daxner-Hock & Mein, 1975
Questionably Aliveria (Genus) de Bruijn, van der Meulen & Katsikatsos, 1980
Questionably Biswamoyopterus (Genus) Saha, 1981
Questionably Blackia (Genus) Mein, 1970
Questionably Forsythia (Genus) Mein, 1970
Questionably Meinia (Genus) Qiu, 1981
Questionably Miopetaurista (Genus) Kretzoi, 1962
Questionably Oligopetes (Genus) Heissig, 1979
Questionably Olisthomys (Genus) Carter, 1942
Questionably Parapetaurista (Genus) Qiu & Liu, 1986
Questionably Petauria (Genus) Dehm, 1962
Questionably Petauristodon (Genus) Engesser, 1979
Questionably Pliopetaurista (Genus) Kretzoi, 1962
Questionably Pliosciuropterus (Genus) Sulimski, 1964
Questionably Shuanggouia (Genus) Qiu & Liu, 1986

Subsequent entries

Aeromys (Genus) Robinson & Kloss, 1915
Belomys (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Eoglaucomys (Genus) Howell, 1915
Eupetaurus (Genus) Thomas, 1888
Glaucomys (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Hylopetes (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Iomys (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Petaurillus (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Petaurista (Genus) Link, 1795
Petinomys (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Pteromys (Genus) Cuvier, 1800
Pteromyscus (Genus) Thomas, 1908
Trogopterus (Genus) Heude, 1898

Current position

Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 127.

Historical positions

Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 127.
Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: R.S. Hoffmann et al., 1993: 459.
Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 144.
Sciuridae (Family) Batsch, 1788 Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 583.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 16g;45s; †13g;1s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [16g;44s; †13g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [16g; †13g]
1993 R.S. Hoffmann et al. [14g;43s]
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [14g];~38[44]s
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