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Belideus
Belideus
Translingual
The subgenus Belideus was proposed in describing what is now named Petaurus breviceps - the sugar glider.
Alternative forms
- Belidens (considered an error)
Proper noun
Belideus m
- (obsolete) A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Petaurus – certain small flying phalangers; the sugar-squirrels. Now recombined into Petaurus.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Petauridae – certain small flying phalangers; the sugar-squirrels. Now synonymized into Petaurus.
Hypernyms
- (obsolete genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort; Diprotodontia - order; Phalangeriformes - suborder; Phalangeroidea - superfamily; Petauridae - family
Hyponyms
- (subgenus): Petaurus (Belideus) arul — now Petaurus breviceps ariel, Petaurus (Belideus) breviceps — now Petaurus breviceps (sugar glider), Petaurus (Belideus) flaviventer — now Petaurus australis (yellow-bellied glider) or Petaurus australis australis, Petaurus (Belideus) sciureus — the type species, now Petaurus norfolcensis (squirrel glider)
- (genus): Belideus ariel (syn. Belideus arul) - now Petaurus breviceps ariel, Belideus cinereus - a synonym of Petauroides volans, Belideus flaviventer, Belideus gracilis - now Petaurus gracilis, Belideus notatus, Belideus sciureus - now Petaurus norfolcensis)
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References
- 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.