Petinomys genibarbis

(Horsfield, 1822)

Whiskered Flying Squirrel

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Location:Germany, Baden-Wurttemberg, Winnenden, private zooDate taken:18 June 2000

Distribution :

Malaya to Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4934

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Tribe: Pteromyini
Genus: Petinomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1822-07. No. IV. Semnopithecus Maurus. Ursus Malayanus. Pteromys genibarbis. Pteropus Javanicus. Calyptomena viridis. Strix badia. Alcedo Biru. Turdus cyaneus. in Horsfield, T. 1824. Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands. Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293132

Original name as described

Pteromys genibarbis

Type locality

"Pugar, E Java, Indonesia."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001659

Country distribution map

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Pteromys genibarbis

Horsfield, 1822

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

genibarbis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

The Pteromys genibarbis is very rarely met with in Java : I obtained a single individual only, near the Eastern extremity of the Island, in the same districts which also furnished the Delundung and the Tupaia to my collection.

Type locality

Indonesia: Java.

Authority page

pl. 28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293132

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Temminck (1827:xxvii) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59641)
Fischer (1829:363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
Lesson (1842:113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Sciuropterus genibarbis:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

genibarbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

300

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423181

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:300, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1908:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16516)

Sciuropterus genibarbis borneoensis

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.9.35

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bakong River, Baram, E. Sarawak

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f48a0a9-3c41-489e-9dbb-7206cdd94d71

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071073

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciuropterus genibarbis malaccanus

O. Thomas, 1908

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

malaccanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.5.4.83

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Malacca

Type locality

Malaysia: Peninsular Malaysia.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3e373398-5a0a-4a56-8b25-1b2c64c53f77

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071073

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petinomys genibarbis borneonensis:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petinomys genibarbis:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

genibarbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
Chasen (1940:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1949:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)
Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001659) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16735/115138813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petinomys genibarbis genibarbis:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

genibarbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
Chasen (1940:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Sody (1949:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31867)

Petinomys genibarbis malaccanus:

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

malaccanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:183, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11127005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
Chasen (1940:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

Petinomys genibarbis borneoensis:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borneoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)

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