Pteromys volans (Linnaeus 1758)

[Sciurus] volans Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 64.

Type Locality: "in borealibus Europae, Asiae, et Americae." Restricted by Thomas (1911 a:149) to " Finland." Ognev (1966:268) proposed restriction to "central Sweden," but the species does not occur there (Sulkava, 1978:76) .

Vernacular Names: Siberian Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. volans Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. athene Thomas 1907

Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. buechneri Satunin 1903

Subspecies Pteromys volans subsp. orii Kuroda 1921

Distribution: Palearctic taiga, from N Finland east to Chukotka (Russia); south to E Baltic shore; S Ural Mtns, Altai Mtns (Russia), Mongolia; N China; Korea; Sakhalin Isl (Russia), and Hokkaido (Japan); perhaps mtns of W China.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Chromosomes described by Rausch and Rausch (1982), and Oshida et al. (2000 a). Subspecies follow Corbet (1978c).