Pteromys volans

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Siberian Flying Squirrel

Also as Russian Flying Squirrel.
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Location:Russia, Moscow ZooDate taken:Jun 18, 2012

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4935

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Original name as described

Sciurus volans

Other common names

Russian Flying Squirrel

Type locality

"Boreal Europe, Asia, and America."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Finland · Estonia · Latvia · Belarus · Russia · Kazakhstan · China · Mongolia · North Korea · South Korea · Japan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001666

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

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

Total: 29 names and synonyms.

Sciurus volans

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

volans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033875) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:68, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Müller (1776:5, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  5. Erxleben (1777:435, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  6. Leske (1779:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  7. Borowski (1780:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
  8. Zimmermann (1783:159, 165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  9. Zimmermann (1783:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  10. Boddaert (1785:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  11. Gmelin (1788:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  12. Kerr (1792:267, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  13. Cuvier (1797:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  14. Shaw (1801:151, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
  15. Daudin (1802:171, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  16. Turton (1802:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  17. Treviranus (1802:215, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  18. Treviranus (1803:178, 182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  19. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  20. Wolf (1808:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  21. Goldfuss (1809:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  22. Gray (1821:304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  23. Billberg (1827:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67228)
  24. Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  25. Melchior (1834:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68789)
  26. Blyth (1840:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)

Petaurista volans

(Link, 1795)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

volans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272954

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Link (1795:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)

Pteromys russicus

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

russicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

451

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

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

Petauristus borealis

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

xviii, 499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130079 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130584

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xviii, 499, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130079, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Pteromys volans

Illiger, 1815

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

volans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Illiger (1815:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  2. Voigt (1819:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69477)
  3. Muirhead (1819:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  4. Ranzani (1820:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  5. Goldfuss (1820:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  6. Schinz (1821:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  7. Fischer (1829:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  8. Eichwald (1831:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35753036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67585)
  9. Burmeister (1837:812, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  10. Bonaparte (1845:24, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43573714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40449)
  11. Giebel (1855:642, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548833) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  12. Schrenck (1859:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  13. Radde (1861:679, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  14. Radde (1862:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  15. Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  16. Nikol'skiy (1883:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67821)
  17. Kuznetsov (1932:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68874)
  18. Allen (1940:720, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12460253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5409)
  19. Kurtén (1968:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5363)
  20. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  21. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:360, 361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  22. Corbet & Hill (1991:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  23. Hoffmann, Anderson, Thorington & Heaney (1993:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69019)
  24. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  25. Smith & Xie (2008:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  26. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  27. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  28. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  29. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  30. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18702/115144995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteromys Europæus

S. Nilsson, 1820

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

europaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

174

Authority publication

Lund

Name usages

  1. Nilsson (1820:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69318)
  2. Hemprich (1820:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)

pteromys sibiricus

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

342

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521786

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:342, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciuropterus sibiricus

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207710

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:242, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Sciuropterus volans

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

volans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gray (1843:136, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
  3. Schulze (1897:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60594)

Pteromys vulgaris

J. A. Wagner, 1843

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060455

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

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

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