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Petaurista (Giant flying squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Petaurista was named by Link (1795). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pteromyinae by Mercer and Roth (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. brachyodus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Petaurista Link
1997Petaurista McKenna and Bell
2003Petaurista Mercer and Roth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
subfamilyPteromyinae
genusPetauristaLink 1795

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Petaurista Link 1795 [Giant flying squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: glidingg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: listed by Dunn and Rasmussen as arboreal but gliding according to Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008g
Created: 2011-05-12 18:13:50
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:50:03
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Petaurista brachyodus, Petaurista sp. (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Petaurista brachyodus (68380)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Petaurista xanthotis, Petaurista alborufus (92787)