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Hylopetes

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

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

It was assigned to Petauristidae by de Bruijn (1989); and to Pteromyinae by Mercer and Roth (2003).

Species
H. hoeckarum
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. hungaricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Hylopetes Thomas
1989Hylopetes de Bruijn
2003Hylopetes 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
genusHylopetesThomas 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. Hylopetes Thomas 1908
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†Hylopetes hoeckarum de Bruijn 1998
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 12:42:02
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:42:02
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) H. hoeckarum (74538 74539)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany H. sp. (46955)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) H. sp. (11798)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) H. hungaricus (205341)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Crete) H. sp. (183151)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) H. sp. (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece H. sp. A (31940)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) H. sp. (44220 44221 44223 44224)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) H. macedoniensis (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) H. sp. (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) H. hungaricus (199860)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) H. sp. (35086)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) H. hungaricus (199747)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines H. nigripes (194834 194835)