Pteromyini Brandt 1855

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 : 766

Pteromyini Brandt 1855

Pteromyini Brandt 1855 , Beitrage zur nahern Kenntniss der Saugethiere Russland's. Kaiserlich. Akad. Wiss. Mem. Math. Phys. Nat., 7: 157.

Synonyms: Petauristinae Miller 1912 .

Genera: 15 genera with 44 species:

Genus Aeretes G. M. Allen 1940 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Aeromys Robinson and Kloss 1915 (2 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Belomys Thomas 1908 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Biswamoyopterus Saha 1981 (1 species)

Genus Eoglaucomys A. H. Howell 1915 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Eupetaurus Thomas 1888 (1 species)

Genus Glaucomys Thomas 1908 (2 species with 36 subspecies)

Genus Hylopetes Thomas 1908 (9 species with 9 subspecies)

Genus Iomys Thomas 1908 (2 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Petaurillus Thomas 1908 (3 species)

Genus Petaurista Link 1795 (8 species with 43 subspecies)

Genus Petinomys Thomas 1908 (9 species)

Genus Pteromys G. Cuvier 1800 (2 species with 4 subspecies)

Genus Pteromyscus Thomas 1908 (1 species with 2 subspecies)

Genus Trogopterus Heude 1898 (1 species)

Discussion: Flying squirrels are considered a monophyletic group ( Thorington 1984) contrary to Black (1963) and Hight et al. (1974). Paleontological evidence ( Mein, 1970; Bruijn and Uenay, 1989) has suggested they are not members of the Sciuridae , but molecular studies by Mercer and Roth (2003) and by Steppan et al. (2004) strongly support the view that they are the sister group of the Sciurini . Both morphological studies ( Thorington et al., 2002) and molecular studies ( Mercer and Roth, 2003) support division into two subtribes. Bibliographies by Lin et al. (1985) and Robins (1998).