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Species
Of The World
There
are 43 known species of true flying squirrels world-wide. Endangered
status of flying squirrels currently listed on the IUCN Red
List of
Threatened Species are shown in red.
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Sub-Family Pteromyidae
Genus
Petaurista (Asian
giant flying squirrels, eight species)
- Hodgson's giant flying
squirrel (Petaurista
magnificus); southeast Asia (near threatened)
- red giant flying
squirrel (Petaurista
petaurista); southern Asia
- Chinese
giant
(yellow-eared) flying squirrel (Petaurista
xanthotis); southeast Asia
- red
&
white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista
alborufus); Thailand, Taiwan
- spotted
(lesser; gray-headed) giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans);
southeast Asia
- Japanese
giant flying squirrel (Petaurista
leucogenys); Japan
- South
Indian
giant flying squirrel (Petaurista
philippensis); southeast Asia
- Noble
(Bhutan) giant flying
squirrel (Petaurista
nobilis); southeast Asia (near threatened)
Genus
Biswamayopterus
- Namdapha
flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi); India (critically endangered)
Genus
Aeromys (Sunda flying squirrels, two species)
- black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas);
southeast Asia
- Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi);
southeast Asia
Genus
Eupetaurus
- woolly
flying
squirrel (); Pakistan/Kashmir
(endangered)
Genus
Pteromys (Eurasian flying squirrels, two species)
- Siberian (lesser) flying
squirrel (Pteromys volans);
Finland, Russia, Japan; (endangered, EU)
- small Japanese flying
squirrel (Pteromys
momonga); Japan
Genus Glaucomys (new
world flying squirrels, two species)
- northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus);
USA,
Canada (G.s.fuscus & G.s.coloratus endangered, USA)
- southern
flying squirrel (Glaucomys
volans); USA, Canada, Mexico, Central America (G.v.
guerreroensis/goldmani/oaxacensis rare)
Genus
Hylopetes (arrow-tailed flying squirrels, ten species}
- particolored
(black & white) flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger);
Nepal,
Szechwan, Yunnan, Hainan, Indochina (endangered)
- Kashmir
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
fimbriatus); India, Punjab, Simia
- Afghan
flying
squirrel (Hylopetes
baberi); Afghanistan, southern Asia (near threatened)
- Bartel's
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
bartelsi); southern Asia (near threatened)
- gray-cheeked
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
lepidus); Thailand, Java, Borneo
- Palawan
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
nigripes); Phillippines (near threatened)
- Indochinese
(Phayre's) flying squirrel (Hylopetes
phayrei); Burma, Thailand, Laos
- Sipora
Island
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
sipora); Sumatra (endangered)
- red-cheeked
flying squirrel (Hylopetes
spadiceus); Burma, Thailand, Indochina, Malaysia
- Sumatran
(Winston Churchill's) flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni);
Sumatra (critically
endangered)
Genus
Petinomys (dwarf flying squirrels, eight species)
- Travancore flying squirrel
(Petinomys fuscocapillus);
southern India, Sri Lanka
- Mindanao (Phillipines)
flying squirrel (Petinomys
crinitus); Phillippines
- whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis); Malaysia, Sumatra, Java
- Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni); Borneo, Sumatra, Mentawi
- Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens); Indonesia (near threatened)
- Javan (arrow) flying
squirrel (Petinomys
sagitta); Java
- Temminck's (white-bellied)
flying squirrel (Petinomys
setosus); Burma, Malaysia, Sumatra
- Vordermann's flying
squirrel (Petinomys
vordermanni); southern Burma, Malaysia, Borneo
Genus
Aeretes
- North
Chinese
(groove-toothed) flying squirrel (Aeretes
melanopterus); China (near threatened)
Genus
Trogopterus
- complex-toothed
flying squirrel (Trogopterus
xanthipes); China (endangered)
Genus
Belomys
- hairy-footed
flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii);
southeast Asia
Genus
Pteromyscus
- smoky
flying
squirrel (Pteromyscus
pulverulentus); southern Thailand, Borneo
Genus
Petaurillus (pygmy flying squirrels, three species)
- Hose's pygmy flying
squirrel (Petaurillus
hosei); Borneo, Malaysia
- Emilia's (lesser) pygmy
flying squirrel (Petaurillus
emiliae); Borneo, Malaysia
- Selangor pygmy flying
squirrel (Petaurillus
kinlochii); Borneo, Malaysia
Genus Iomys
- Javanese
(Horsfield's) flying squirrel (Iomys
horsfieldii); Malaysia, Indonesia (endangered)
- Mentawi
flying squirrel (Iomys
sipora); Indonesia (vulnerable)
[*Note
- as this large and diverse group is often considered to form a distinct
subfamily
within Sciuridae, one can presume it is monophyletic; there are no non-gliding forms in the
group, so this may represent a single gliding radiation]
The
following are gliding mammals, but NOT flying squirrels:
Order Rodentia
Family
Anomaluridae
Genus
Idiurus
(pygmy scalytails, two species)
- Long-eared flying mouse (Idiurus macrotis)
- Zenker's flying mouse (Idiurus zenkeri).
Genus
Anomalurus (scaly-tailed flying squirrels, four species)
- Beecroft's
Anomalure (Anomalurus
beecrofti)
- Lord
Darby's
Anomalure (Anomalurus
derbianus)
- Pel's
Anomalure (Anomalurus
pelii)
- Lesser
Anomalure (Anomalurus
pusillus)
[*Note
- as stated above,
this African family does not contain true flying squirrels, which are absent from Africa; the
group contains one non-gliding genus, Zenkerella. The gliding membrane is
supported in front by a rod of cartilage extending from the elbow joint]
Order
Marsupialia
Family Phalangeridae
Flying
Phalangers are not flying squirrels, nor are they rodents. Phalangers
are any marsupial
beloning to Phalangista, Cuscus, Petaurus, and other genera of the
family Phalangistidae. They are arboreal, and the species of Petaurus
are equipped with lateral patagiums. One example of the genus Petaurus
is the sugar glider (Petaurus
breviceps).
The family name phalanger comes from a greek word meaning "bone of a
finger or toe." The phalanger's flexible toes and fingers aid the
animal in climbing.
This
makes (if we leave out primates) at least six separate evolutions of
gliding
membranes in the Order Mammalia. Not included are bats, all of which
are, of
course, true flyers - not gliders.
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