Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Subfamily Petauristinae Miller, 1912 . Cat. Mamm. W. Europe Brit. Mus ., p. 940 . SYNONYMS: Pteromyini Brandt, 1855 . COMMENTS: Controversy continues over whether flying squirrels constitute a monophyletic group; see Johnson-Murray (1977) , Hight et al. (1974) , and Thorington (1984) . Bibliography by Lin et al. (1985) .