Old World flying squirrel
| Old World flying squirrels Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent | |
|---|---|
| Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, (Pteromys momonga) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | Pteromys G. Cuvier, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus volans | |
| Species | |
Commonly referred to as the Old World flying squirrels, the genus Pteromys is distributed across temperate Eurasia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Although there are a host of flying squirrel genera in Asia (particularly southern Asia), Pteromys is the only one present in Europe.