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Glaucomys (flying squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Glaucomys was named by Thomas (1908). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Thomas (1908), Wilson (1967), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pteromyinae by Mercer and Roth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Glaucomys Thomas
1967Glaucomys Wilson p. 208
1980Glaucomys Kurten and Anderson p. 222
1997Glaucomys McKenna and Bell
2003Glaucomys 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
subfamilyPteromyinae
genusGlaucomysThomas 1908

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. Glaucomys Thomas 1908 [flying squirrel]
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Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 [northern flying squirrel]
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 [southern flying squirrel]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: glidingg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:41:24
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:41:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.806 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Glaucomys sp. (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (125973)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (123875) Glaucomys volans (124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys volans (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Glaucomys sp. (20385) Glaucomys volans (20289)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Glaucomys volans (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (123868 124198) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (93332 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (82258 103991) Glaucomys sp. (104685) Glaucomys volans (104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Glaucomys volans (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Glaucomys sabrinus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104035 104672) Glaucomys sp. (104670) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104034) Glaucomys volans (104044)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Glaucomys sp. (124320 124321 124322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Glaucomys sabrins (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Glaucomys sp. (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (104040)