Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 768

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scientific name	Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
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[Mus] volans Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 63 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "Virginia, Mexico "; restricted by Elliot (1901:109) to " Virginia ( U.S.A.)".

Vernacular Names: Southern Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. volans Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. chontali Goodwin 1961

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. goldmani Nelson 1904

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. guerreroensis Diersing 1980

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. herreranus Goldman 1936

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. madrensis Goldman 1936

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. oaxacensis Goodwin 1961

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. querceti Bangs 1896

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. saturatus A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. texensis A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys volans subsp. underwoodi Goodwin 1936

Distribution: Texas, Kansas, and Minnesota ( USA) to Nova Scotia ( Canada) and E USA; montane populations scattered from NW Mexico to Honduras.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as G. volans, Not Evaluated as G. v. goldmani , G. v. guerreroensis , and G. v. oaxacensis .

Discussion: Reviewed by Dolan and Carter (1973, Mammalian Species, 78). For systematics and distribution of Mesoamerican populations, see Diersing (1980 a) and Braun (1988). Subspecies according to Hall (1981). A phylogeographic study using mitochondrial DNA showed little divergence between two subspecies ( Arbogast 1999).