Petauroides volans

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
Subspecies: P. v. minor – P. v. volans

Name

Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney

Synonyms

• Didelphis volans Kerr, 1792

References

• Petauroides volans 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.
• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom 1: 199.
• 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. 
• IUCN: Petauroides volans (Kerr, 1792) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Greater Glider
Nederlands: Reuzenkoeskoes
polski: Wolatucha