Old World flying squirrel

Old World flying squirrels Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, (Pteromys momonga)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Pteromyini
Genus:	Pteromys G. Cuvier, 1800
Type species
Sciurus volans
Species
Pteromys volans Pteromys momonga

Commonly referred to as the Old World flying squirrels, the genus Pteromys is distributed across temperate Eurasia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Although there are a host of flying squirrel genera in Asia (particularly southern Asia), Pteromys is the only one present in Europe.

Characteristics

These large-eyed animals are nocturnal and use a membrane stretching from their wrists to ankles in order to glide from tree to tree. They can glide up to 443 feet (135 m) and have a long flat tail. They feed on nuts, seeds, fruit, buds, bark, and insects.

Species

There are two species in this genus:

• Pteromys momonga – Japanese dwarf flying squirrel – Found in Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).
• Pteromys volans – Siberian flying squirrel – Found in northern Europe (mainly Russia and Finland, some isolated populations in the Baltics) and northern Asia from Siberia to Hokkaido

References

• Nowak, Ronald M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World, 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1936 pp. ISBN 0-8018-5789-9

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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe)

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Order: Rodentia
• Suborder: Sciuromorpha

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 pearsonii)

Biswamoyopterus

• Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi)
• Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis)
• Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis)

Eoglaucomys

• Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus)

Eupetaurus

• Western woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus)
• Yunnan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus nivamons)
• Tibetan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus tibetensis)

Glaucomys
(New World flying squirrels)

• Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis)
• Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
• Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)

Hylopetes

• Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger)
• Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi)
• Hainan flying squirrel (Hylopetes electilis)
• Palawan flying squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes)
• Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei)
• Jentink's flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus)
• Arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta)
• 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)

Petaurista

• Red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus)
• Spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans)
• Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)
• Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus)
• Mechuka giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis)
• Mishmi giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis)
• Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis)
• Red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)
• Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis)
• Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis)
• Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis)

Petinomys

• Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus)
• Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus)
• Whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis)
• Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni)
• Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens)
• Mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis)
• Arrow flying squirrel (Petinomys sagitta)
• Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus)
• Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni)

Pteromys
(Old World flying squirrels)

• Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga)
• Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)

Pteromyscus

• Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus)

Trogopterus

• Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes)

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