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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()
—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
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