Petinomys setosus

(Temminck, 1844)

Temminck's 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

Temminck, C.J. 1844. Aflevering 2. Pp. 25–59 in Temminck, C.J. Fauna Japonica. Aperçu général et spécifique sur les mammifères qui habitent le Japon et les îles qui en dépendent. A. Arnz & Co., Leiden, 59 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607633

Original name as described

Pteromys (Sciuropterus) setosus

Other common names

White-bellied Flying Squirrel

Type material

RMNH.MAM.13316.a, RMNH.MAM.13316.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13316.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13316.b

Type locality

"Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

previously included Olisthomys morrisi, although further work is needed to determine the exact distributional limits, generic status, and species limits of this species with respect to O. morrisi

Taxonomy notes citation

Kruskop, S. V., Abramov, A. V., Lebedev, V. S., & Bannikova, A. A. (2022). Uncertainties in systematics of flying squirrels (Pteromyini, Rodentia): implications from a new record from Vietnam. Diversity, 14(8), 610.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001663

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 (Sciuropterus) setosus

(Temminck, 1844)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

setosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.13316.a, RMNH.MAM.13316.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13316.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.13316.b

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607633

Authority publication

Leiden

Petinomys setosus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

setosus

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, 360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16739/22241609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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