Petauroides armillatus

O. Thomas, 1923

Central Greater Glider

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Macropodiformes
Superfamily : Petauroidea
Family : Pseudocheiridae
Subfamily : Hemibelideinae
Genus : Petauroides

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1923-01-31. On some Queensland Phalangeridæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(62):246-250.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355494

Original name as described

Petauroides volans armillatus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.5.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b01e5e29-5002-480b-b71d-245793150ba8

Type locality

"Coomooboolaroo, 80 miles S.W. Rockhampton," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

split from P. volans, although this arrangement has not received widespread support and some authors maintain the species under P. volans

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., and P. Schouten. 2012. Gliding mammals of the world. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia. · Jackson, S., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton. · McGregor, D.C., Padovan, A., Georges, A. et al. (2020). Genetic evidence supports three previously described species of greater glider, Petauroides volans, P. minor, and P. armillatus. Science Reports 10, 19284.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000349

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Petauroides volans armillatus

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

armillatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.5.12.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b01e5e29-5002-480b-b71d-245793150ba8

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355494

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)

Petauroides armillatus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

armillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

521

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000349) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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