Petauroides minor

(R. Collett, 1887)

Northern 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

Collett R (1887b) On a collection of mammals from central and northern Queensland. Zoologische Jahrbücher – Zeitschrift für Systematik. Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 2, 829– 940.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356966

Original name as described

Petaurista volans var. minor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.12.6, NHMO 668, NHMO 1225, NHMO 1634, NHMO 1636

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1923 to "Herbert Vale, North 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/1000350

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Petaurides cinereus

E. P. Ramsay, 1890

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.362, AM M.363

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6979545

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Petaurista volans var. minor

(R. Collett, 1887)

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.4.12.6, NHMO 668, NHMO 1225, NHMO 1634, NHMO 1636

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

926

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356966

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Petauroides volans minor

Groves, 2005

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Petauroides minor

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Pseudocheiridae

Root name

minor

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 #100000691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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