Validity of three genera of flying squirrels: Eoglaucomys, Glaucomys, and Hylopetes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-83

  Thorington Jr , Richard W ^a   Musante, Amy L ^a   Anderson, Charles G ^b   Darrow, Karolyn ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eoglaucomys; Flying squirrels; Glaucomys; Hylopetes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CRANIA; EOGLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; HYLOPETES; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0002961480     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382710     Document Type: Article

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