Petaurus gracilis

(De Vis, 1883)

Mahogany Glider

Also as Ebony Glider, Slender-tailed Glider.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Tallebudgera, David Fleay Wildlife ParkDate taken:1 January 2007Description:Also as Ebony Glider, Slender-tailed Glider.

Distribution :

From Wharps Holding (18°41’18"S, 146°04’25"E) to Hall River (17°58’29"S, 146°02’02"E), NE Queensland.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4566

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: Australidelphia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Phalangerida
Superfamily: Petauroidea
Family: Petauridae
Subfamily: Petaurinae
Genus: Petaurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

De Vis, C.W. 1883-01. Description of a new Belideus from Northern Queensland. The Southern Science Record and Magazine of Natural History 3(1):27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43751931

Original name as described

Belideus gracilis

Other common names

Ebony Glider · Slender-tailed Glider

Type locality

Cardwell region, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000345

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Belideus gracilis

De Vis, 1883

Family

Petauridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Northern Queensland

Type locality

Australia: Queensland.

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43751931

Authority publication

The Southern Science Record and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

De Vis (1883:619, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6462356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69845)
Jackson & Groves (2015:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Petaurus gracilis:

Groves, 1993

Family

Petauridae

Root name

gracilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Groves (1993:61) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69003)
Groves (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8527)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:563) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Jackson & Groves (2015:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16727) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16727/21959531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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