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SPECIES Glaucomys sabrinus

Author:Shaw, 1801.
Citation:Gen. Zool., 2: 157.
Common Name:Northern Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:Not specified. Restricted by A. H. Howell (1918:33) to the mouth of Severn River, Ontario, Canada.
Distribution:Alaska and Canada, NW USA to S California and W South Dakota (Black Hills), NE USA to S Appalachian Mtns.
Status:U.S. ESA – Endangered as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus; IUCN – Endangered as G. s. griseifrons, Data Deficient as G. s. californicus, Vulnerable as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as G. sabrinus.
Comments:Reviewed by Wells-Gosling and Heaney (1984, Mammalian Species No. 229). Subspecies according to Hall (1981); also see Arbogast (1999) who presented evidence that a western clade consisting of oregonensis and californicus may be of full species rank.
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SUBSPECIES sabrinus

SUBSPECIES alpinus

SUBSPECIES bangsi

SUBSPECIES californicus

SUBSPECIES canescens

SUBSPECIES coloratus

SUBSPECIES columbiensis

SUBSPECIES flaviventris

SUBSPECIES fuliginosus

SUBSPECIES fuscus

SUBSPECIES goodwini

SUBSPECIES gouldi

SUBSPECIES griseifrons

SUBSPECIES klamathensis

SUBSPECIES lascivus

SUBSPECIES latipes

SUBSPECIES lucifugus

SUBSPECIES macrotis

SUBSPECIES makkovikensis

SUBSPECIES murinauralis

SUBSPECIES oregonensis

SUBSPECIES reductus

SUBSPECIES stephensi

SUBSPECIES yukonensis

SUBSPECIES zaphaeus

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