Old World flying squirrel

genus of mammals

Taxon taxon Q949021

Facts

7 properties

Instance of: taxon
Diel cycle: nocturnal
Parent taxon: Pteromyini^[3]
Taxon name: Pteromys^[4]
Taxon rank: genus^[2]
Taxon synonym: Sciuropterus^[6]
Taxonomic type: Sciurus volans^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en Old World flying squirrel en Pteromys ar سنجاب العالم القديم الطائر de Echte Gleithörnchen de Pteromys fa سنجاب پرنده جهان قدیم id Bajing terbang dunia lama ja モモンガ属 ko 하늘다람쥐속 pl Polatucha ru Евразийские летяги ru Азиатские летяги sv Eurasiska flygekorrar sv Pteromys uk Pteromys uk Політуха zh Pteromys zh 歐亞飛鼠屬 zh 歐亞鼯鼠 zh 飞鼠属

🔖 Identifiers · 23

ADW taxon ID: Pteromys
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 102057
Catalogue of Life ID: 74SF
EPPO Code: 1PTRMG
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 111059
Fauna Europaea ID: 305731
Fauna Europaea New ID: f7e95f4b-89b7-4a12-bae9-a3fa69ca6677
Fossilworks taxon ID: 92533
Freebase ID: /m/089bv0
GBIF taxon ID: 2437257
INaturalist taxon ID: 46145
IRMNG ID: 1313889

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ITIS TSN: 632320
MSW ID: 12400432
NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000377156
NCBI taxonomy ID: 55151
National Library of Latvia ID: 000307818
Open Tree of Life ID: 384215
Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 92533
Topic's main category: Category:Pteromys
UMLS CUI: C0324906
Yale LUX ID: concept/706983d9-75fd-46cb-9967-f09c171d71e8
ZooBank ID for name or act: 22DF58AD-430C-4B10-8780-BA0A4F52A137

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Pteromys volans, Pteromys momonga

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Pteromyini

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Summary

Old World flying squirrel is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Old World flying squirrel — taxon rank (P105): genus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Old World flying squirrel — parent taxon (P171): Pteromyini. Squirrels of the World. Retrieved 2015-09-18. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Old World flying squirrel — taxon name (P225): Pteromys. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-09-19. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Old World flying squirrel — taxonomic type (P427): Sciurus volans. Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Old World flying squirrel — taxon synonym (P1420): Sciuropterus. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Old World flying squirrel is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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