Glaucomys Thomas 1908 (flying squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Parent taxon: Pteromyinae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003

See also Alroy 2002, Eshelman et al. 2025, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson 1967

Sister taxa: Aeretes, Aeromys, Belomys, Eoglaucomys, Eupetaurus, Hylopetes, Iomys, Petaurillus, Petaurista, Petauristini, Petinomys, Pteromys, Pteromyscus, Trogopterus

Subtaxa: Glaucomys sabrinus Glaucomys volans

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Ecology: gliding granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (39: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia collections)

Total: 39 collections including 50 occurrences

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