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Glaucomys sabrinus

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Description

Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801). Gen. Zool., 2:157.

TYPE LOCALITY: Not specified. Restricted by Howell (1918:33) to the mouth of Severn River, Ontario, Canada.

DISTRIBUTION: Alaska and Canada, NW USA to S California and W South Dakota (Black Hills), NE USA to S Appalachian Mtns.

STATUS: U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus.

SYNONYMS: alpinus (Richardson, 1828); bangsi (Rhoads, 1897); bullatus A. Howell, 1915; californicus (Rhoads, 1897); canadensis (E. Geoffroy, 1803); canescens A. Howell, 1915; coloratus Handley, 1953; columbiensis A. Howell, 1915; flaviventris A. Howell, 1915; fuliginosus (Rhoads, 1897); fuscus Miller, 1936; goodwini Anderson, 1943; gouldi Anderson, 1943; griseifrons A. Howell, 1934; hudsonicus Gmelin, 1788; klamathensis (Merriam, 1897); lascivus (Bangs, 1899); latipes A. Howell, 1915; lucifugus Hall, 1934; macrotis (Mearns, 1898); makkovikensis (Sornborger, 1900); murinauralis Musser, 1961; olympicus (Elliot, 1899); oregonensis (Bachman, 1839); reductus Cowan, 1937; stephensi (Merriam, 1900); yukonensis (Osgood, 1900); zaphaeus (Osgood, 1905).

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Wells-Gosling and Heaney (1984, Mammalian Species, 229).

Notes

Published as part of Robert S. Hoffmann & Charles G. Anderson, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 419-465 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 460, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130

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Related works

Is part of
Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353130 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD6F970FF94FFA5CB40AC773518FF86 (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Glaucomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Shaw
Species
sabrinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw, 1801) sec. Hoffmann & Anderson, 1993

References

  • Howell, A. H. 1918. Revision of the American flying squirrels. North American Fauna, 44: 1 - 64.
  • Howell, A. H. 1915. Revision of the American marmots. North American Fauna, 37: 1 - 80.
  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.
  • Anderson, R. M., and A. L. Rand. 1943. Variation in the porcupine (Genus Erethizon) in Canada. Canadian Journal of Research, section D, 21: 292 - 309.
  • Merriam, C. H. 1897. The generic names Ictis, Arctogale, and Arctogalidia. Science, 5: 302.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1900. Revision of the pocket mice of the genus Perognathus. North American Fauna, 18: 1 - 73.
  • Wells-Gosling, N., and L. R. Heaney. 1984. Glaucomys sabrinus. Mammalian Species, 229: 1 - 8.