Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Glaucomys sabrinus (northern flying squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurus sabrinus was named by Shaw (1801). It is extant.

It was recombined as Glaucomys sabrinus by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Sciurus sabrinus Shaw
1980Glaucomys sabrinus Kurten and Anderson p. 222

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
speciessabrinus(Shaw 1801)

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.

Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 [northern flying squirrel]
show all | hide all
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
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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1991

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (125973)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Glaucomys sabrinus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (104034 104035 104672)