Editing Flying squirrel (section)

=== Recent species ===
'''New World''' flying squirrels belong to the genus ''[[Glaucomys]]'' (Greek for ''gleaming mouse''). '''Old World''' flying squirrels belong to the genus ''[[Pteromys]]'' (Greek for ''winged mouse'').

The three species of the genus ''[[Glaucomys]]'' (''[[Glaucomys sabrinus]]'', ''[[Glaucomys volans]]'' and ''[[Glaucomys oregonensis]]'') are native to North America and Central America; many other taxa are found throughout Asia as well, with the range of the Siberian Flying Squirrel (''[[Siberian flying squirrel|Pteromys volans]]'') reaching into parts of northeast [[Europe]] (Russia, Finland and Estonia).

Thorington and Hoffman (2005) recognize 15 genera of flying squirrels in two subtribes.

'''Tribe Pteromyini''' – flying squirrels
* Subtribe [[Glaucomyina]]
** Genus ''[[Eoglaucomys]]''
*** [[Kashmir flying squirrel]], ''Eoglaucomys fimbriatus''
**** [[Afghan flying squirrel]], ''E. f. baberi''
** Genus ''[[New World flying squirrel|Glaucomys]]'' – New World flying squirrels (American flying squirrels), [[North America]]
*** [[Southern flying squirrel]], ''Glaucomys volans''
*** [[Northern flying squirrel]], ''Glaucomys sabrinus''
*** [[Humboldt's flying squirrel]], ''Glaucomys oregonensis''
** Genus ''[[Hylopetes]]'', [[Southeast Asia]]
*** [[Particolored flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes alboniger''
*** [[Bartel's flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes bartelsi''
*** [[Gray-cheeked flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes lepidus''
*** [[Palawan flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes nigripes''
*** [[Indochinese flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes phayrei''
*** [[Jentink's flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes platyurus''
*** [[Sipora flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes sipora''
*** [[Red-cheeked flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes spadiceus''
*** [[Sumatran flying squirrel]], ''Hylopetes winstoni''
** Genus ''[[Iomys]]'', [[Malaysia]] and [[Indonesia]]
*** [[Javanese flying squirrel|Javanese flying squirrel (Horsfield's flying squirrel)]], ''Iomys horsfieldi''
*** [[Mentawi flying squirrel]], ''Iomys sipora''
** Genus ''[[Petaurillus]]'' – pygmy flying squirrels, [[Borneo]] and the [[Malay Peninsula]]
*** [[Lesser pygmy flying squirrel]], ''Petaurillus emiliae''
*** [[Hose's pygmy flying squirrel]], ''Petaurillus hosei''
*** [[Selangor pygmy flying squirrel]], ''Petaurillus kinlochii''
** Genus ''[[Petinomys]]'', [[Southeast Asia]]
*** [[Basilan flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys crinitus''
*** [[Travancore flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys fuscocapillus''
*** [[Whiskered flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys genibarbis''
*** [[Hagen's flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys hageni''
*** [[Siberut flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys lugens''
*** [[Mindanao flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys mindanensis''
*** [[Arrow flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys sagitta''
*** [[Temminck's flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys setosus''
*** [[Vordermann's flying squirrel]], ''Petinomys vordermanni''
** Genus ''[[Priapomys]]'', western [[Yunnan]] in [[China]] and adjoining regions of [[Myanmar]]
*** [[Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel]], ''P. leonardi''<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Quan|last2=Cheng|first2=Feng|last3=Jackson|first3=Stephen M.|last4=Helgen|first4=Kristofer M.|last5=Song|first5=Wen-Yu|last6=Liu|first6=Shao-Ying|last7=Sanamxay|first7=Daosavanh|last8=Li|first8=Song|last9=Li|first9=Fei|last10=Xiong|first10=Yun|last11=Sun|first11=Jun|date=2021-07-18|title=Phylogenetic and morphological significance of an overlooked flying squirrel (Pteromyini, Rodentia) from the eastern Himalayas with the description of a new genus|journal=Zoological Research|language=en|volume=42|issue=4|pages=389–400|doi=10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.039|issn=2095-8137|pmc=8317177|pmid=34047079}}</ref>
* Subtribe [[Pteromyina]]
** Genus ''[[Aeretes]]'', northeastern [[China]]
*** [[Groove-toothed flying squirrel|Groove-toothed flying squirrel (North Chinese flying squirrel)]], ''Aeretes melanopterus''
** Genus ''[[Aeromys]]'' – large black flying squirrels, [[Thailand]] to [[Borneo]]
*** [[Black flying squirrel]], ''Aeromys tephromelas''
*** [[Thomas's flying squirrel]], ''Aeromys thomasi''
** Genus ''[[Belomys]]'', Southeast Asia
*** [[Hairy-footed flying squirrel]], ''Belomys pearsonii''
** Genus ''[[Biswamoyopterus]]'', northeastern [[India]] to southern [[China]] and southeast Asia
*** [[Namdapha flying squirrel]], ''Biswamoyopterus biswasi''
*** [[Laotian giant flying squirrel]], ''Biswamoyopterus laoensis''
*** [[Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel]] ''Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis''
** Genus ''[[Eupetaurus]]'', [[Pakistan]] to [[China]]; rare
*** [[Western woolly flying squirrel]], ''Eupetaurus cinereus''
*** [[Yunnan woolly flying squirrel]], ''Eupetaurus nivamons''
*** [[Tibetan woolly flying squirrel]], ''Eupetaurus tibetensis''
** Genus ''[[Petaurista]]'' - giant flying squirrels, Southeast and East Asia
*** [[Red and white giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista alborufus''
*** [[Spotted giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista elegans''
*** [[Hodgson's giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista magnificus''
*** [[Bhutan giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista nobilis''
*** [[Indian giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista philippensis''
*** [[Chinese giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista xanthotis''
*** [[Japanese giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista leucogenys''
*** [[Red giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista petaurista''
*** [[Mechuka giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista mechukaensis''
*** [[Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista mishmiensis''
*** [[Mebo giant flying squirrel]], ''Petaurista siangensis''
** Genus ''[[Old World flying squirrel|Pteromys]]'' – Old World flying squirrels, [[Finland]] to [[Japan]]
*** [[Siberian flying squirrel]], ''Pteromys volans''
*** [[Japanese dwarf flying squirrel]], ''Pteromys momonga''
** Genus ''[[Pteromyscus]]'', southern [[Thailand]] to [[Borneo]]
*** [[Smoky flying squirrel]], ''Pteromyscus pulverulentus''
** Genus ''[[Trogopterus]]'', [[China]]
*** [[Complex-toothed flying squirrel]], ''Trogopterus xanthipes''

The Mechuka, Mishmi Hills, and Mebo giant flying squirrels were discovered in the northeastern state of India of Arunachal Pradesh in the late 2000s.<ref>Choudhury, A.U. (2007). A new flying squirrel of the genus ''Petaurista'' Link from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. ''The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India'' 7: 26–34, plates.</ref><ref>Choudhury, A.U. (2009). One more new flying squirrel of the genus ''Petaurista'' Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. ''The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India'' 8: 26–34, plates.</ref><ref>Choudhury, A.U. (2013). Description of a new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus ''Petaurista'' Link, 1795 from Siang Basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. ''The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nat. in NE India'' 9: 30–38, plates.</ref> Their holotypes are preserved in the collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.