Petauroides

Petauroides volans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petauroidea
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Phalangeriformes Superfamilia: Petauroidea

Familia: Pseudocheiridae
Subfamilia: Hemibelideinae
Genus: Petauroides
Species: Petauroides volans

Number

1 specie

Name

Petauroides Thomas, 1888

Type species: Didelphis volans Kerr, 1792

Synonyms

• Petaurista Desmarest, 1820
• Schoinobates Iredale & Troughton, 1934
• Volucella Bechstein, 1800

References

• Petauroides in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Cat. Marsup. Monotr. Brit. Mus., p. 163.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.