Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1859. Über ein neues Flugbeutelthier, Petaurus (Belideus), aus dem südlichen Theile von Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859:14-15.

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Original name as described

Petaurus (Belideus) notatus

Other common names

Lesser Flying Phalanger · Lesser Flying Squirrel · Lesser Glider · Short-headed Flying Phalanger · Sugar Squirrel · Tasmanian Sugar Glider

Type material

NMV C27626

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Port Philip, Victoria, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently elevated to species status from P. breviceps; populations of Petaurus from New Guinea and surrounding islands that were previously considered under P. breviceps were previously tentatively retained under P. notatus, although they are now tentativey recognized as a distinct species here based on molecular data, P. papuanus; also tentatively includes the name longicaudatus as a synonym, although the relationship of Petaurus on Cape York are uncertain and may represent P. gracilis or another species

Taxonomy notes citation

Malekian, M., Cooper, S. J., Norman, J. A., Christidis, L., & Carthew, S. M. (2010). Molecular systematics and evolutionary origins of the genus Petaurus (Marsupialia: Petauridae) in Australia and New Guinea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 54(1), 122-135. · Cremona, T., Baker, A. M., Cooper, S. J., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A. M., & Carthew, S. M. (2021). Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 191(2), 503-527.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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