Aeromys thomasi

(Hose, 1900)

Thomas's Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Aeromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hose, C. 1900-02-01. A new flying-squirrel from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(26):214-216.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340183

Original name as described

Petaurista Thomasi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.9.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b892124d-2ff0-42dc-879c-fb84378ef208

Type locality

"Baram, Sarawak, Malaysia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001613

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.

Petaurista Thomasi

(Hose, 1900)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.9.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b892124d-2ff0-42dc-879c-fb84378ef208

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340183

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Æromys thomasi

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001613) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/557/115050074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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