Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 768

Glaucomys sabrinus (Shaw 1801)

[Sciurus] sabrinus Shaw 1801 , Gen. Zool., Vol. 2: 157.

Type Locality: Not specified. Restricted by A. H. Howell (1918:33) to the mouth of Severn River, Ontario, Canada.

Vernacular Names: Northern Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. sabrinus Shaw 1801

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. alpinus Richardson 1828

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. bangsi Rhoads 1897

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. californicus Rhoads 1897

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. canescens A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. coloratus Handley 1953

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. columbiensis A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. flaviventris A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. fuliginosus Rhoads 1897

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. fuscus Miller 1936

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. goodwini Anderson 1943

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. gouldi Anderson 1943

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. griseifrons A. H. Howell 1934

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. klamathensis Merriam 1897

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. lascivus Bangs 1899

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. latipes A. H. Howell 1915

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. lucifugus Hall 1934

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. macrotis Mearns 1898

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. makkovikensis Sornborger 1900

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. murinauralis Musser 1961

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. oregonensis Bachman 1839

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. reductus Cowan 1937

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. stephensi Merriam 1900

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. yukonensis Osgood 1900

Subspecies Glaucomys sabrinus subsp. zaphaeus Osgood 1905

Distribution: Alaska and Canada, NW USA to S California and W South Dakota (Black Hills), NE USA to S Appalachian Mtns.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus; IUCN – Endangered as G. s. griseifrons, Data Deficient as G. s. californicus, Vulnerable as G. s. coloratus and G. s. fuscus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc) as G. sabrinus .

Discussion: Reviewed by Wells-Gosling and Heaney (1984, Mammalian Species No. 229). Subspecies according to Hall (1981); also see Arbogast (1999) who presented evidence that a western clade consisting of oregonensis and californicus may be of full species rank.