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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Glaucomys
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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