SCIURIDAE Fischer, 1817

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 163

Family SCIURIDAE Fischer, 1817

Flying squirrels appearing in Korea were formerly grouped into a distinct Family Pteromyidae but all are currently treated under the Tribe Pteromyini in the Subfamily Sciurinae ( Thorington et al. 2012) . Four genera and four species have usually been listed in Korea. A skin of the Japanese giant flying squirrel, Petaurista leucogenys , purchased at Seoul in 1920 became the basis for listing this species as a Korean mammal ( Kuroda & Mori 1923). An erroneous report had this squirrel captured at Naemujae, Mt. Geumgang, but this locality did not occur within the distribution, and it was an implausible record ( Won 1967, 1968). The presence of Japanese giant flying squirrels in Korea remains doubtful, and the skin was regarded as imported from another country ( Won & Smith 1999).