Pteromys volans
Pteromys volans (Linnaeus 1758) [Sciurus] volans Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 64. Type Locality: "in borealibus Europae, Asiae, et Americae." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a :149) to " Finland." Ognev (1966:268) proposed restriction to "central Sweden," but...
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| Summary: | Pteromys volans (Linnaeus 1758) [Sciurus] volans Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 64. Type Locality: "in borealibus Europae, Asiae, et Americae." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a :149) to " Finland." Ognev (1966:268) proposed restriction to "central Sweden," but the species does not occur there (Sulkava, 1978:76). Vernacular Names: Siberian Flying Squirrel. Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. volans Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. athene Thomas 1907 Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. buechneri Satunin 1903 Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. orii Kuroda 1921 Distribution: Palearctic taiga, from N Finland east to Chukotka (Russia); south to E Baltic shore; S Ural Mtns, Altai Mtns (Russia), Mongolia; N China; Korea; Sakhalin Isl (Russia), and Hokkaido (Japan); perhaps mtns of W China. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Chromosomes described by Rausch and Rausch (1982), and Oshida et al. (2000 a ). Subspecies follow Corbet (1978c). Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 774, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 |
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