Validity of Three Genera of Flying Squirrels: Eoglaucomys, glaucomys, and Hylopetes | Zendy

Richard W. Thorington | Zendy; A. L. Musante | Zendy; Charles G Anderson | Zendy; Karolyn Darrow | Zendy

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Validity of Three Genera of Flying Squirrels: Eoglaucomys, glaucomys, and Hylopetes

Author(s) -

Richard W. Thorington,

A. L. Musante,

Charles G Anderson,

Karolyn Darrow

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

journal of mammalogy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.838

H-Index - 98

eISSN - 1545-1542

pISSN - 0022-2372

DOI - 10.2307/1382710

Subject(s) - subgenus , crania , biology , zoology , clade , genus , evolutionary biology , anatomy , phylogenetic tree , biochemistry , gene

Ellerman (1947) reduced the genus Eoglaucomys to a subgenus of Hylopetes . Burt (1960) suggested that Glaucomys sabrinus was more closely related to Hylopetes than to Glau-comys volans . We tested these two hypotheses by examining morphological evidence of bacula, foot pads, musculature, crania (especially teeth), and postcrania (especially wrists and ankles). Our data contradict these hypotheses and support recognition of three distinct clades.

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