Belideus

Translingual thumb|The subgenus Belideus was proposed in describing what is now named Petaurus breviceps species - the sugar glider. thumb|Petaurus norfolcensis species — a squirrel glider, of the type species of Belideus. Alternative forms mul Belidens (considered an error) Etymology From mul grc βέλος dart, arrow, for the species' dart-like gliding capabilities. Coined by George Robert Waterhouse, who proposed Belideus as a subgenus of Petaurus genus in a paper describing Petaurus (Belideus) breviceps, which he read before the Zoological Society of London on 13 November 1838 and subsequently published in May 1839. Elevated to the rank of genus by John Gould in 1842. Proper noun 1 m Certain small flying phalangers; sugar squirrels mul obsolete subgenus family Petauridae Petaurus (Belideus) subgenus 1, now recombined into Petaurus genus mul obsolete genus family Petauridae Now synonymized into Petaurus genus Hypernyms obsolete genus Hyponyms subgenus Petaurus sciureus species (squirrel glider) type species, now Petaurus norfolcensis species; Petaurus arul species, now Petaurus breviceps ariel subspecies, Petaurus breviceps species, now Petaurus breviceps species (sugar glider), Petaurus (Belideus) flaviventer now Petaurus australis species (yellow-bellied glider) or Petaurus australis australis subspecies, genus Belideus ariel species (syn. Belideus arul species) now Petaurus breviceps ariel subspecies, Belideus cinereus species - a synonym of Petauroides volans species, Belideus flaviventer species, Belideus gracilis species now Petaurus gracilis species, Belideus notatus species, Belideus sciureus species now Petaurus norfolcensis species) Coordinate terms subgenus of Petaurus Petaurus genus, Acrobata genus Derived terms Gymnobelideus genus Hemibelideus genus References Petaurus 1 Petaurus 1 Petaurus 1 Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1838. Volume 6 Wildlife and Woodchips: Leadbeater's Possum: a Test Case for Sustainable Forestry. 1996. David Lindenmayer. p24. Gliding Mammals: Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species. 2012. Stephen M Jackson, Richard W. Thorington, Jr. De Vis, C. W. 1883. Description of a New Belideus from Northern Queensland. Abstracts and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7:619–620 Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. 2015. Stephen Jackson, Colin Groves. Csiro Publishing.