Petaurista lena

O. Thomas, 1907

Taiwan 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

Thomas, O. 1907-12-01. A new flying-squirrel from Formosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(120):522-523.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413775

Original name as described

Petaurista lena

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Tapposha, C Formosa, Taiwan, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Taiwan

Taxonomy notes

split from P. alborufus

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/1001644

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 pectoralis

(Swinhoe, 1871)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pectoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

634

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28555496

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Petaurista lena

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lena

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

522

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413775

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Petaurista pectoralis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

pectoralis

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

Robinson & Kloss (1918:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista alborufus lena

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lena

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 (2008:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

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