Species Petaurus ariel (Gould, 1842)

• Belidea ariel Gould, J. 1842. (untitled abstract). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 10-14 [June 1842] [11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1842.5.26.1 ♀ adult, Port Essington, NT.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Thomas, O. 1922. A selection of lectotypes of the typical Australian marsupials in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 10: 127-128 [128].
• Petaurus (Belideus) arul Gervais, F.L.P. 1869. In D'Orbigny, C. (ed.) Dictionnaire Universal d'Histoire Naturelle. 2nd edn Paris : D'Orbigny Vol. 10. [574] [error only; this work has numerous typographical errors].

Generic Combinations

• Petaurus (Belideus) ariel (Waterhouse, 1846). —
  Waterhouse, G.R. 1846. A Natural History of the Mammalia.Volume 1, containing the order Marsupiata, or pouched animals. London : Baillière 553 pp. 20 pls. [336]
• Petaurus ariel (Gould, 1842). —
  Thomas, O. 1922. A selection of lectotypes of the typical Australian marsupials in the British Museum Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 10: 127-128 [128]
• Petaurus breviceps ariel (Gould, 1842). —
  Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [25]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Petaurus breviceps typicus Gould, 1842 [junior synonym of P. b. typicus]. —
  Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls. [3 Nov. 1888] [156]

Introduction

Previously treated as a subspecies of P. breviceps by Iredale & Troughton (1934) and subsequent authors. Raised to species level by Cremona et al. (2020) based on molecular and morphological data.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

General References

Cremona, T., Baker, A.M., Cooper, S.J.B., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A.M. & Carthew, S.M. 2020. Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(2): 503-527 [Date published online 13 July 2020]

Gould, J. 1863. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Vol. 1 i-xl, 1-69, pl. 1-60. [34, pl. 27] (as Belideus ariel)

Malekian, M., Cooper, S.J.B. & Carthew, S.M. 2010. Phylogeography of the Australian sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps): evidence for a new divergent lineage in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 58(3): 165-181

Common Name References

Cremona, T., Baker, A.M., Cooper, S.J.B., Montague-Drake, R., Stobo-Wilson, A.M. & Carthew, S.M. 2020. Integrative taxonomic investigation of Petaurus breviceps (Marsupialia: Petauridae) reveals three distinct species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191(2): 503-527 [Date published online 13 July 2020] [11] (Savanna Glider)

History of changes