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Pteromys volans

Basic information
Scientific name Pteromys volans (No picture)
Common names Eurasian small flying squirrel, Siberian flying squirrel, Russian flying squirrel
Higher taxon Sciuridae, Rodentia, Mammalia
Natural range Entire Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, NE China, Korean Peninsula, and Hokkaido, Japan (endemic subspecies P. v. orii).
Habitat Forest. Arboreal.
Invasion information
Range in Japan No exotic population in Japan. Range in Japan
Origin Unintroduced to Japan.
Date
Route Imported as pet in past.
Impact Competition, hybridization against native species.
Native organism(s) affected: Native small flying squirrels, P. v. orii in Hokkaido and P. momonga in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
Regulation in Japan Import, transport and keeping are prohibited in Japan by the Invasive Alien Species Act.
Introduced range in other countries None.
Reference Notes
  • DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
  • JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
  • Ohdachi et al. (eds) (2009) The Wild Mammals of Japan. Shoukabou, Kyoto.
  • Wilson & Reeder (eds.) (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (http://www.press.jhu.edu).