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Pteromys volans

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q243339

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
taxon
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6][7]
Diel cycle
nocturnal
Different from
Pteromyini[23]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[3]
Longest observed lifespan
+11.4[24]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
Original combination
Sciurus volans[8]
Parent taxon
Old World flying squirrel[4]
Taxon common name
Ardilla Voladora Europea, ARDILLA VOLADORA EUROPEA, Polatouche, POLATOUCHE, Russian Flying Squirrel, Siberian Flying Squirrel, Eurasian Flying Squirrel, Eurasisches Gleithörnchen, liito-orava, タイリクモモンガ, Siberiese vlieënde eekhoring, Siberiese vlieënde eekhoring, Gwiñver-nij Sibiria, Esquirol volador siberià, poletuška slovanská, Europäisches Gleithörnchen, Lendorav, Ardilla voladora siberiana, Europar katagorri hegalari, Polatouche de Sibérie, Iora eitilte, 하늘다람쥐, Scoiattolo volante siberiano, Voverė skraiduolė, Orosz sutaszárnyúmókus, Gewone vliegende eekhoorn, Лепешка, Паль ур, Polatucha, Veveriță zburătoare siberiană, Обыкновенная летяга, Нэтээги, Poletuška slovanská, Flygekorre, Eurasiatisk flygekorre, Політуха сибірська, 小飞鼠, กระรอกบินไซบีเรียน, esguilu volador siberianu, evropska poletuša, poletuša[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Taxon name
Pteromys volans[5]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pteromys volans en Siberian flying squirrel ar سنجاب طائر سيبيري cs poletuška slovanská cs Pteromys volans de POLATOUCHE de Eurasisches Gleithörnchen de Europäisches Flughörnchen de Europäisches Gleithörnchen de Pteromys volans es Ardilla Voladora Europea fa سنجاب پرنده سیبریایی fi liito-orava fi lento-orava fi Pteromys volans fi siipi-orava fi siipiorava fr Écureuil volant fr Polatouche fr Polatouche de Siberie
🔖 Identifiers · 28
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Pteromys volans.jpg ↗
ADW taxon ID
Pteromys_volans
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1001666
BOLD Systems taxon ID
110992
Catalogue of Life ID
78MK6
EBiodiversity ID
94944
EPPO Code
PTRMVO
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1178636
Fauna Europaea ID
305732
Fauna Europaea New ID
018f7acf-a6f2-4b3d-bc5e-5ebdb75d5949
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.48243
Freebase ID
/m/098d85
Show all 28 identifiers +16
GBIF taxon ID
2437258
Global Species ID
953216
INaturalist taxon ID
46146
IRMNG ID
11170706
ITIS TSN
632525
IUCN taxon ID
18702
MSW ID
12400434
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000377160
NCBI taxonomy ID
55152
National Library of Latvia ID
000307822
Observation.org taxon ID
86974
Open Tree of Life ID
384219
Topic's main category
Category:Pteromys volans
WikiKids ID
Gewone_vliegende_eekhoorn
Xeno-canto species ID
Pteromys-volans
YSO ID
12339

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Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Different from 1
Pteromyini
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Old World flying squirrel
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Pteromys volans is a taxon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Ardilla Voladora Europea'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'ARDILLA VOLADORA EUROPEA'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Polatouche'} +37
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: evropska poletuša"
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