Petaurista grandis

(Swinhoe, 1863)

Formosan 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

Swinhoe, R. 1863-04. On the mammals of the island of Formosa (China). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862(3):347-365.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577402

Original name as described

Pteromys grandis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.24.11, RMNH.MAM.39325, RMNH.MAM.39326.a, RMNH.MAM.39326.b, RMNH.MAM.39327, RMNH.MAM.39328, RMNH.MAM.39329, RMNH.MAM.39330

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39325 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39326.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39326.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39327 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39328 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39329 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39330 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42e7e09c-c5b9-40e3-9929-2dc28af368e7

Type locality

Taiwan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

split from P. philippensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Yu, F., Yu, F., Pang, J., Kilpatrick, C. W., McGuire, P. M., Wang, Y., ... & Woods, C. A. (2006). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Petaurista philippensis complex (Rodentia: Sciuridae), inter-and intraspecific relationships inferred from molecular and morphometric analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38(3), 755-766.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001642

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.

Pteromys grandis

(Swinhoe, 1863)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.12.24.11, RMNH.MAM.39325, RMNH.MAM.39326.a, RMNH.MAM.39326.b, RMNH.MAM.39327, RMNH.MAM.39328, RMNH.MAM.39329, RMNH.MAM.39330

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39325 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39326.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39326.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39327 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39328 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39329 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.39330 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42e7e09c-c5b9-40e3-9929-2dc28af368e7

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577402

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Swinhoe (1863:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67740)
  2. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Petaurista philippensis grandis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Petaurista petaurista grandis

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

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

769

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista grandis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000268

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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