Petaurista caniceps

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Gray-headed Giant Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324286

Original name as described

Sciuropterus caniceps

Other common names

Gray-headed Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.531

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/821e6cb2-0c2d-4592-9e3d-fa708d3fff59

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · China

Taxonomy notes

split from P. elegans

Taxonomy notes citation

Li, S., He, K., Yu, F.-H., Yang, Q.-S. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Petaurista inferred from the cytochrome b gene, with implications for the taxonomic status of P. caniceps, P. marica, and P. sybilla. PLOS ONE 8(7): e70461.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001640

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.

Sciuropterus caniceps

(J. E. Gray, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.11.21.531

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/821e6cb2-0c2d-4592-9e3d-fa708d3fff59

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324286

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1847:866, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  2. Blyth (1863:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Jerdon (1867:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299959) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Sciuropterus senex

(B. H. Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

senex

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.242

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3faefb6c-3325-42a4-84a6-e9b6b3f23c5b

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Hodgson (1844:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405528) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Pteromys caniceps

(Horsfield, 1857)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860976

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Horsfield (1857:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12860976) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36026)
  2. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Petaurista caniceps

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126998

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Petaurista clarkei

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

clarkei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.9.1.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a385ed19-af31-414c-9ea9-08bbb4a0720c

Authority page

396

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24253280

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anthony (1941:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2771946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16202)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciuropterus gorkhali

(Lindsay, 1929)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gorkhali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

566

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47489710

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petaurista elegans caniceps

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petaurista caniceps clarkei

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

clarkei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista caniceps gorkhali

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

gorkhali

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

  1. Smith & Xie (2008:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista caniceps caniceps

D. E. Wilson, Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

caniceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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