New World flying squirrel

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New World flying squirrels Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent
Glaucomys volans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Tribe: Pteromyini Genus: Glaucomys Thomas, 1908
Species
Glaucomys volans Glaucomys sabrinus

The two species of New World flying squirrels, genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America. They are distributed from Alaska to Honduras. They are similar in many ways to the Eurasian flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys. The two species of New World flying squirrels can be easily distinguished on the basis of size and ventral pelage. Northern flying squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus are larger and have belly hair that is dark at the base and white at the tip. Southern flying squirrels, Glaucomys volans, are smaller and have belly hairs that are completely white.

[edit] Species

• Genus Glaucomys
  • Glaucomys volans - Southern Flying Squirrel
  • Glaucomys sabrinus - Northern Flying Squirrel

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Eoglaucomys Kashmir Flying Squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus) Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels) Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) · Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) Hylopetes Particolored Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) · Afghan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) · Bartel's Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) · Gray-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus) · Palawan Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes) · Indochinese Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) · Jentink’s Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) · Sipora Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) · Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) · Sumatran Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni) Iomys Javanese Flying Squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) · Mentawi Flying Squirrel (Iomys sipora) Petaurillus (Pygmy flying squirrels) Lesser Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) · Hose's Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) · Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii) Petinomys Basilan Flying Squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) · Whiskered Flying Squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) · Hagen's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys hageni) · Siberut Flying Squirrel (Petinomys lugens) · Arrow Flying Squirrel (Petinomys sagitta) · Temminck's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys setosus) · Vordermann's Flying Squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) · Travancore Flying Squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) Aeretes Groove-toothed Flying Squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) Aeromys (Large black flying squirrels) Black Flying Squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) · Thomas's Flying Squirrel (Aeromys thomasi) Belomys Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsoni) Biswamoyopterus Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Eupetaurus Woolly Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) Petaurista Red And White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) · Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista elegans) · Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) · Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) · Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) · Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) · Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) · Red Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels) Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans) · Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga) Pteromyscus Smoky Flying Squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) Trogopterus Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) Category