Pteromys momonga

Temminck, 1844

Japanese Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

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

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/53607631

Original name as described

Pteromys (Sciuropterus) momonga

Other common names

Small Japanese Flying Squirrel

Type material

RMNH.MAM.39334, RMNH.MAM.39335, RMNH.MAM.39336, RMNH.MAM.39337, RMNH.MAM.39338.a, RMNH.MAM.39338.b, RMNH.MAM.39339, RMNH.MAM.39340, RMNH.MAM.39341

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Kyushu, Japan."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001665

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