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Taxon: Family Petauridae Bonaparte, 1838 - gliding, ring-tailed, and striped possums (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Diprotodontia

Original position

Questionably Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866
Questionably Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888

Original entries

Questionably Pseudocheirinae (Subfamily) Winge, 1893

Subsequent entries

Dactylopsila (Genus) Gray, 1858
Petaurinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1832
Petaurus (Genus) Shaw, 1791

Current position

Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 60.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 73.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 65.

Historical positions

Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 53.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 65.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: 1995
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 60; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 73.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 18.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1020.

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;11s;10ss
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [3g;11s;10ss]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56 3g;11s
2005 C.P. Groves [3g;11s;10ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [5g; †4g]
1993 C.P. Groves 3g;10s
1991 R.M. Nowak 6g;23s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [8g];~23s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 5g;[22s]
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Last updated: 1 Feb 2024