MSW Scientific Names

Subfamily Pteromyinae



• Author........ : Brandt, 1855.
  
• Citation...... : Kaiserlich. Akad. Wiss. Mém. Math., Phys. Nat., 7:157.
  
• Common Name... : Flying squirrels.
  
• Distribution.. :North America from near treeline southward to S California and the Gulf Coast (U.S.A.); isolated populations in mts of Mexico and Central America; and Eurasia southward to S Ural and Altai mts (Russia); N Mongolia; Korea; Japan; SE Asia (Sundaland); India; Sri Lanka.
  
  
• Comments...... : Controversy continues over whether flying squirrels constitute a monophyletic group; see Johnson-Murray (1977ref), Hight et al. (1974ref), and Thorington (1984ref). Bibliography by Lin et al. (1985ref). For validity of subfamilial name, se ...[more]...