Petinomys fuscocapillus

(Jerdon in E. Blyth, 1847)

Travancore Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blyth, E. 1847. Supplementary Report by the Curator, Zoological Department. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 16(2):864-878.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126416

Original name as described

Sciuropterus fuscocapillus

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"S. India, Travancore."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001658

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 layardi

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

layardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1852.5.9.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/57dc149c-ee1e-4a2e-8cdd-4b6dc35af289

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:56, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciuropterus fuscocapillus

(Jerdon in E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fuscocapillus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

867

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126416

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1847:867, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126416) (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. Blyth (1863:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Sciuropterus Layardii

(Kelaart, 1890)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

layardii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

319

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Petinomys fuscocapillus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

fuscocapillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127006

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16734/22241374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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