Subfamily Petauristinae Miller, 1912 . Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus., p. 940.

SYNONYMS: Pteromyini Brandt, 1855.

COMMENTS: Controversy continues over whether flying squirrels constitute a monophyletic group; see Johnson-Murray (1977), Hight et al. (1974), and Thorington (1984). Bibliography by Lin et al. (1985).