Petaurista sybilla

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1916

Chindwin 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. and Wroughton, R.C. 1916-06-20. A new flying squirrel from the Chin Hills. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24(3):423-424.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151994

Original name as described

Petaurista sybilla

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1916.3.26.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5c0387b-8c25-4056-a63e-343a0f951a23

Type locality

50 mi W of Kindat, Chin Hills, W Myanmar.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Myanmar · 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/1001654

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 sybilla

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1916

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sybilla

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.3.26.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d5c0387b-8c25-4056-a63e-343a0f951a23

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151994

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000689) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Petaurista punctatus sybilla

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sybilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127000

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:178, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista elegans sybilla

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sybilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Petaurista caniceps sybilla

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sybilla

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)

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