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Gloger, Constantin Wilhelm Lambert

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“…The first gliding marsupial to be described was the yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis by Shaw (1791). Shortly after, other junior generic names for Petaurus were used, including Sciurus (Meyer, 1793), Didelphis (Shaw, 1800), Volucella (Bechstein, 1800), Ptilotus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1814), Xenochirus (Gloger, 1841), Belideus (Waterhouse, 1839a), Petaurula (Matschie, 1916), and Petaurella (Matschie, 1916). Despite the presence of earlier terms the name Belideus, which was proposed in describing the sugar glider Petaurus breviceps, became commonly used for all the lesser marsupial gliders (e.g., Gould, 1845Gould, -1863De Vis, 1883) until Petaurus was confirmed as the senior name by Thomas (1888a).…”

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Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

Jackson¹,

Thorington²

2012

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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There are 64 species of extant gliding mammals that are currently recognized, which are divided into six different families. These comprise eight species of gliding marsupials that live within Australasia and include six species of lesser gliding possums of Petaurus (family Petauridae), one species of greater glider of Petauroides (family Pseudocheiridae), and one species of feathertail glider of Acrobates (family Acrobatidae). The flying squirrels of the tribe Pteromyini within the rodent family Sciuridae represent the greatest diversity of gliding mammals, with a total of 48 species in 15 genera currently recognized, and occur throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. A second group of gliding rodents, known as the scaly-tailed flying squirrels, comprises six species from the family Anomaluridae that live in central and western Africa. The most specialized and unique of the extant gliding mammals are the enigmatic colugos, or flying lemurs, of the order Dermoptera that comprise two species and occur throughout Southeast Asia and the Philippines. In addition to the extant species there are various fossils of extinct species that are thought to have had an ability to glide, although there has been a lot of debate over most of these taxa. These fossil taxa include 3 marsupials, 18 dermopterans, 51 flying squirrels, 7 species of scaly-tailed flying squirrels, and 1 extinct species in each of the families Myoxidae, Eomyidae, and Volaticotheriidae. The taxonomic status of many living and extinct gliding mammals is still in a state of flux, and significant further revision of the taxonomic status of many groups still needs to be resolved.

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Section: Marsupialsmentioning

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Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

Jackson¹,

Thorington²

2012

Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology

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“…The collared lemming (Dicrostonyx) is found in the tundra zone of Alaska, Canada, north-east Greenland and Siberia. While two subgenera, Dicrostonyx (Gloge;, 1842) and Misothermus (Hensel, 1855) were once recognized, it is now clear that Misothermus, represented by a single extant species Dicrostonyx hudsonius found on the Ungava Peninsula of eastern Canada, is an early form of Dicrostonyx (compare D . simplicior) and does not represent a different subgenus.…”

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Morphometric variation in the Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx)

Eger

1995

Journal of Zoology

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A. H. Macpherson suggested that much of the current geographic diversity in Canadian Arctic mammals resulted from isolation in refugia during the Wisconsin glacial stage. This study evaluates the refugium hypothesis, insofar as it applies to Nearctic Dicrostonyx, by means of a statistical analysis of geographic variation in 13 skull characters. Overall, geographic variation among samples is not significant, although D. hudsonius and D. unalascensis are geographically and morphologically distinct. Some variation in skull shape is correlated with winter temperature. Partitioning tests on other measures of shape variation indicate some discontinuities consistent with the refugial hypothesis. Discrete samples reflect possible refugial populations in northern North America, Eastern Beringia and two southern periglacial refugia, one in eastern North America and at least one in western North America.

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“…Therefore, we recommend retention of species currently assigned to this genus until further evidence can be provided. Retain the naming and grouping of the two species of Lissodelphis . The nominal species Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray, 1846 is reassigned to Lissodelphis Gloger, as it is a synonym of either L. peronii or L. borealis . Revise the subfamily associations. The subfamily Lissodelphininae Fraser and Purves, continues to include the genera Cephalorhynchus , Lissodelphis , and Sagmatias .…”

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“…Retain the naming and grouping of the two species of Lissodelphis . The nominal species Lagenorhynchus thicolea Gray, 1846 is reassigned to Lissodelphis Gloger, as it is a synonym of either L. peronii or L. borealis .…”

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Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genusLagenorhynchus

Vollmer

Ashe²,

Brownell

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Marine Mammal Science

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Evolutionary relationships among cetaceans within the family Delphinidae have been difficult to resolve due to the high number of species and their relatively rapid radiation. This is the case for the dolphin species currently placed in the genus Lagenorhynchus, and their relations to Cephalorhynchus and Lissodelphis species. Phylogenetic relationships among these species have been investigated using multiple lines of evidence, and that evidence consistently suggests that the six species currently assigned to Lagenorhynchus do not form a monophyletic group. Here, we summarize findings from studies of morphology, genetics, historical biogeography, and acoustics that offer insight into the phylogenetics of these taxa. We present the taxonomic basis for revision of Lagenorhynchus, propose retention of Lagenorhynchus albirostris and reassignment of the remaining five species into other existing generic names, namely Leucopleurus acutus, Sagmatias australis, Sagmatias cruciger, Sagmatias obliquidens, and Sagmatias obscurus. Making these revisions now so that the taxonomy better reflects evolutionary relationships among these species will ensure that future studies include the most appropriate taxa for investigating the 1 957 complex phylogenetic and systematic relationships among cetaceans. However, comprehensive analyses using multiple lines of evidence are still needed to clarify the phylogenetic relationships within and among the Lissodelphininae genera Cephalorhynchus, Lissodelphis, and Sagmatias.

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Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte. Für gebildete Leser aller Stände, besonders für die reifere Jugend und ihre Lehrer ...

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Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species

Morphometric variation in the Nearctic collared lemming (Dicrostonyx)

Taxonomic revision of the dolphin genusLagenorhynchus

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