VALIDITY OF 3 GENERA OF FLYING SQUIRRELS - EOGLAUCOMYS, GLAUCOMYS, AND HYLOPETES

Authors
THORINGTON RW MUSANTE AL ANDERSON CG DARROW K
Citation
Rw. Thorington et al., VALIDITY OF 3 GENERA OF FLYING SQUIRRELS - EOGLAUCOMYS, GLAUCOMYS, AND HYLOPETES, Journal of mammalogy, 77(1), 1996, pp. 69-83
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of mammalogy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222372
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
69 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2372(1996)77:1<69:VO3GOF>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Ellerman (1947) reduced the genus Eoglaucomys to a subgenus of Hylopet es. Burt (1960) suggested that Glaucomys sabrinus was more closely rel ated to Hylopetes than to Glaucomys volans. We tested these two hypoth eses by examining morphological evidence of bacula, foot pads, muscula ture, crania (especially teeth), and postcrania (especially wrists and ankles). Our data contradict these hypotheses and support recognition of three distinct clades.