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Mexican Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Glaucomys volans
Species recognized by wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, Kissling et al, 2014, Canada Species List, China Species List, Guatemala Species List, wikipedia EU, Mexico Species List, North Atlantic Species List, wikipedia AST, wikipedia LT, wikipedia SK, wikipedia LV, wikipedia SL, wikipedia GA, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, Wildfinder (WWF), Milk Composition of Non Dairy Animals, and United States Species List
Glaucomys volans
Recognized by SI Wild, AnAge articles, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, COSEWIC, Pantheria, and Bioimages Vanderbilt
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, and GBIF classification
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by Conabio
Glaucomys volans
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Kappeler et al 2013, Morgan Ernest 2003, Smith et al 2011, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), GGBN data coverage, and wikipedia BR
Glaucomys volans
Recognized by AnAge, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, Flickr BHL, BHL data coverage, and Flickr Group
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Species recognized by IUCN, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, TreatmentBank, GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Recognized by NMNH Collection
Mus volans
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Mus volans Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Mus volans Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Mus volans
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database
Mus volans Linnaeus 1758
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Mus volans Linnaeus 1758
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Mus volans Linnaeus 1758
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Sciuropterus volans
Recombined according to Paleobiology Database

Common Names

English

Southern Flying Squirrel
prefer
Recognized by SI Wild, Flickr BHL, and Wikidata Common Names
southern flying squirrel
prefer
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web and Paleobiology Database
Southern flying squirrel
prefer
Recognized by AnAge
Mexican Flying Squirrel preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

سنجاب طائر جنوبي preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Breton

Gwiñver-nij ar su preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

южна летяща катерица preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

esquirol volador d'Amèrica meridional preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

Noord-Amerikaanse vliegende eekhoorn preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Amerikanliito-orava
prefer
Recognized by admin
Etelänliito-orava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

French

Petit polatouche preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Süd-Assapan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Südliches Gleithörnchen
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names (prefers this name)

Hebrew

סנאי דואה אמריקני דרומי preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

Déli repülőmókus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

iora eitilte deisceartach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

アメリカモモンガ preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Korean

남부날다람쥐 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Dienvidlidvāvere preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Pietinė voverė skraiduolė preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Hazéí naalkʼįhí łichíʼígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

سنجاب پرنده جنوبی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

Assapan południowy preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Южная летяга preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Slovak

Poletuška asapan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Spanish; Castilian

ardilla voladora preferred
Recognized by Conabio
Leteča veverica preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

Assapan preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Літяга південна preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Sóc bay phương Nam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Western Frisian

Amerikaansk fleanend iikhoarntsje preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

سنجاب طائر جنوبى preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azb

قلاوکومیس وولانس preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Pnb

دکھنی اڈنا گالڑ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Sciuridae
Sciurinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Pteromyini Brandt 1855
Glaucomys Thomas 1908
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Sciuromorpha Brandt 1855
Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Sciurinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Pteromyini Brandt 1855
Glaucomys Thomas 1908
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Sciuridae
Sciurinae
Pteromyini
Glaucomys
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Glaucomys Thomas 1908
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans nebrascensis
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Sciuromorpha Brandt 1855
Sciuridae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Sciurinae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Pteromyini Brandt 1855
Glaucomys Thomas 1908
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans goldmani (Nelson 1904)
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis Diersing 1980
Glaucomys volans herreranus Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans madrensis Goldman 1936
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis Goodwin 1961
Glaucomys volans querceti (Bangs 1896)
Glaucomys volans saturatus A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans texensis A. H. Howell 1915
Glaucomys volans underwoodi Goodwin 1936
Glaucomys volans volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans (Linnaeus 1758) (this page)
Ammospermophilus nelsoni (Merriam 1893)
Dremomys gularis Osgood 1932
Funisciurus duchaillui Sanborn 1953
Hylopetes alboniger (Hodgson 1836)
Hylopetes bartelsi (Chasen 1939)
Hylopetes nigripes (Thomas 1893)
Hylopetes phayrei (Blyth 1859)
Hylopetes platyurus (Jentink 1890)
Hylopetes sagitta Linnaeus 1766
Hylopetes sipora Chasen 1940
Hylopetes spadiceus (Blyth 1847)
Hylopetes winstoni (Sody 1949)
Hyosciurus heinrichi Archbold & Tate 1935
Hyosciurus ileile Tate & Archbold 1936
Iomys horsfieldii (Waterhouse 1838)
Iomys sipora Chasen & Kloss 1928
Lariscus hosei (Thomas 1892)
Lariscus insignis (F. Cuvier 1821)
Lariscus niobe (Thomas 1898)
Lariscus obscurus (Miller 1903)
Marmota baibacina Kastschenko 1899
Marmota bobak Muller 1776
Marmota camtschatica (Pallas 1811)
Marmota caudata (Geoffroy 1844)
Marmota himalayana (Hodgson 1841)
Marmota marmota (Linnaeus 1758)
Marmota menzbieri (Kashkarov 1925)
Marmota sibirica (Radde 1862)
Marmota vancouverensis Swarth 1911
Menetes berdmorei (Blyth 1849)
Microsciurus alfari (J. A. Allen 1895)
Microsciurus flaviventer (Gray 1867)
Microsciurus mimulus (Thomas 1898)
Microsciurus santanderensis (Hernandez-Camacho 1957)
Myosciurus pumilio (Le Conte 1857)
Nannosciurus melanotis (Müller 1840)
Paraxerus alexandri (Thomas & Wroughton 1907)
Paraxerus boehmi (Reichenow 1886)
Paraxerus cepapi (A. Smith 1836)
Paraxerus cooperi Hayman 1950
Paraxerus flavovittis (Peters 1852)
Paraxerus lucifer (Thomas 1897)
Paraxerus ochraceus (Huet 1880)
Paraxerus palliatus (Peters 1852)
Paraxerus poensis (A. Smith 1830)
Paraxerus vexillarius (Kershaw 1923)
Paraxerus vincenti Hayman 1950
Petaurillus emiliae Thomas 1908
Petaurillus hosei (Thomas 1900)
Petaurillus kinlochii (Robinson & Kloss 1911)
Petaurista alborufus (Milne-Edwards 1870)
Petaurista elegans (Müller 1840)
Petaurista leucogenys (Temminck 1827)
Petaurista magnificus (Hodgson 1836)
Petaurista nobilis (Gray 1842)
Petaurista petaurista (Pallas 1766)
Petaurista philippensis (Elliot 1839)
Petaurista xanthotis (Milne-Edwards 1872)
Petinomys crinitus (Hollister 1911)
Petinomys fuscocapillus (Jerdon 1847)
Petinomys genibarbis (Horsfield 1822)
Petinomys hageni (Jentink 1888)
Petinomys lugens (Thomas 1895)
Petinomys mindanensis (Rabor 1939)
Petinomys setosus (Temminck 1844)
Petinomys vordermanni (Jentink 1890)
Prosciurillus abstrusus Moore 1958
Prosciurillus alstoni (Anderson 1879)
Prosciurillus leucomus (Müller & Schlegel 1844)
Prosciurillus murinus (Müller & Schlegel 1844)
Prosciurillus rosenbergii (Jentink 1879)
Prosciurillus topapuensis (Roux 1910)
Prosciurillus weberi (Jentink 1890)
Protoxerus aubinnii (Gray 1873)
Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse 1842)
Pteromys momonga Temminck 1844
Pteromys volans (Linnaeus 1758)
Pteromyscus pulverulentus (Günther 1873)
Ratufa affinis (Raffles 1821)
Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman 1778)
Ratufa indica (Erxleben 1777)
Ratufa macroura (Pennant 1769)
Rheithrosciurus macrotis (Gray 1856)
Rubrisciurus rubriventer (Müller & Schlegel 1844)
Sciurillus pusillus (É. Geoffroy 1803)
Sciurotamias davidianus (Milne-Edwards 1867)
Sciurotamias forresti (Thomas 1922)
Sciurus aestuans Linnaeus 1766
Sciurus alleni Nelson 1898
Sciurus anomalus Gmelin 1778
Sciurus arizonensis Coues 1867
Sciurus aureogaster F. Cuvier 1829
Sciurus colliaei Richardson 1839
Sciurus deppei Peters 1863
Spermophilus brevicauda Brandt 1843
Spermophilus pallidicauda (Satunin 1903)
Spermophilus ralli (Kuznetsov 1948)
Spermophilus taurensis Gündüz, Jaarola, Tez, Yeniyurt, Polly & Searle 2007
Urocitellus mollis Kennicott 1863
Urocitellus nancyae Nadler 1968
180 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Sciuridae
Sciurinae
Pteromyini
Glaucomys
Glaucomys volans (this page)
Glaucomys volans saturatus
Glaucomys volans volans
Glaucomys oregonensis
Glaucomys sabrinus
unclassified Glaucomys

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Gliriformes
Glires
Rodentia
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Mus
Mus volans (this page)
Coelomys
Mus
Mus abbotti
Mus aequicaudalis
Mus agrarius
Mus albocinereus
Mus alticola
Mus arboricola
Mus arenicola
Mus arianus
Mus aureus
Mus bactrianus
Mus bimaculatus
Mus blanfordi
Mus brachiotis
Mus brevirostris
Mus camini
Mus canescens
Mus cervinipes
Mus ciliata
Mus citellus
Mus comberi
Mus cypriacus
Mus daccaensis
Mus darjilingensis
Mus delicatulus
Mus dolichonyx
Mus dubius
Mus dunni
Mus erythrotis
Mus exulans
Mus ferculinus
Mus forresti
Mus galapagoensis
Mus gentilulus
Mus giganteus
Mus gleadowi
Mus gracilicaudatus
Mus gracilipes
Mus gratus
Mus harti
Mus hebridensis
Mus hermannsburgensis
Mus hirsutus
Mus hirtensis
Mus huang
Mus huttoni
Mus jarak
Mus kasaicus
Mus klossi
Mus lasiotis
Mus lepidoides
Mus lineolatus
Mus listoni
Mus longicaudatus
Mus losea
Mus magellanicus
Mus marmota
Mus megacephalus
Mus micropus
Mus minutus
Mus mochae
Mus monax
Mus morungensis
Mus muralis
Mus mystacinus
Mus nanus
Mus narmadaensis
Mus nasatus
Mus niobe
Mus nitidulus
Mus norvegicus
Mus novaehollandiae
Mus nyikae
Mus obscurus
Mus oleraceus
Mus olivaceus
Mus palustris
Mus penicillatus
Mus pilorides
Mus plurimammis
Mus proconodon
Mus rama
Mus rapit
Mus rattus
Mus rogersi
Mus rutilans
Mus sylvaticus
Mus tarayensis
Mus terraereginae
Mus tiomanicus
Mus tumidus
Mus urbanus
Mus vicerex
Mus wagneri
Mus whiteheadi
Mus xanthorhinus
Mus xanthurus
Nannomys
Pyromys
14 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Gliriformes
Glires
Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Sciuridae
Sciurinae
Pteromyini
Glaucomys
Glaucomys volans (this page)
Glaucomys volans chontali
Glaucomys volans goldmani
Glaucomys volans guerreroensis
Glaucomys volans herreranus
Glaucomys volans madrensis
Glaucomys volans oaxacensis
Glaucomys volans querceti
Glaucomys volans saturatus
Glaucomys volans texensis
Glaucomys volans underwoodi
Glaucomys volans volans
Glaucomys bullatus
Glaucomys oregonensis
Glaucomys sabrinus
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