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Pteromyini

tribe of mammals
Taxon taxon Q9490
Pteromyini
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Summary

Pteromyini is a taxon[1]. Pteromyini ranks in the top 0.39% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,668 views/month, #765 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: tribe[3]
  • Parent taxon: Sciurinae[4]
  • Taxon name: Pteromyini[5]
  • Commons category: Pteromyini[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Flying squirrels[7]
  • Commons gallery: Pteromyini[8]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
  • Different from: flying squirrel[12], Летяги (Кировская область)[13]
  • Diel cycle: nocturnal[14]

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Identifiers

Pteromyini's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 339576[15]. Pteromyini's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 337748[16]. Pteromyini's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4467455[17]. Pteromyini's ITIS TSN is recorded as 930209[18].

Why It Matters

Pteromyini has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Pteromyini is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Squirrels of the World. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Squirrels of the World. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Squirrels of the World. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Evolution and spectral tuning of visual pigments in birds and mammals. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Flying squirrels
    Parent taxon → Sciurinae
    Described by source → Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007538567805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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