Glaucomys oregonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciuromorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Sciuromorpha

Familia: Sciuridae
Subfamilia: Sciurinae
Tribus: Pteromyini
Genus: Glaucomys
Species: Glaucomys oregonensis

Name

Glaucomys oregonensis (Bachman, 1839)

Holotype: ANSP 235, adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “pine woods of the Columbia near the sea”, fixed to “probably near St. Helen, Columbia Co., Oregon”, United States, by Rhoads (1897: 324).

Combinations

Pteromys oregonensis Bachman, 1839: 101 [original combination]
Sciuropterus alpinus oregonensis: Rhoads, 1897: 324 [name combination]
Glaucomys sabrinus oregonensis: Howell, 1918: 44 [name combination]
Glaucomys oregonensis: Arbogast et al., 2017: 1035 [name combination, restaured to species rank]

References

Primary references

Bachman, J. 1839. The following species must be added to the list of Mr. Townsend’s quadrupeds. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8: 101–103. BHL
Rhoads, S. 1897. A Revision of the West American Flying Squirrels. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 49: 314–327. JStor
Arbogast, B.S., Schumacher, K.I., Kerhoulas, N.J., Bidlack, A.L., Cook, J.A. & Kenagy, G.J. 2017. Genetic data reveal a cryptic species of New World flying squirrel: Glaucomys oregonensis. Journal of Mammalogy 98(4): 1027–1041. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx055 Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel