After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Petauroidea C.L. Bonaparte, 1838 sensu Szalay, 1994 (pussioravansukuiset) |--+?- Tarsipes rostratus Gervais & Verreaux, 1842 (pussikärsäpäästäiset) [Tarsipedidae Gervais & Verreaux, 1842] | `--o Acrobatidae Aplin, in Aplin & Archer, in Archer, 1987 (pussimesipäästäiset) | |-- Distoechurus pennatus (Peters, 1874) (sulkahäntäpussiliitäjä) | `--o Acrobates | |-- A. pulchellus Rothchild, 1893 | `-- A. pygmaeus Desmarest, 1817 (australiankääpiöpussiliitäjä) |-- Pseudocheiridae Winge, 1893 sensu Archer, 1984 (ringtails, rintail-possums; pussioravat) `--o Petauridae C.L. Bonaparte, 1838 [taxonomic history] (pussiliito-oravat) |--o Dactylopsila Gray, 1858 [Dactylopsilinae Kirsch & Reig, in Kirsch, 1977] (striped possums) | |-- (Dactylonax) palpator (Milne-Edwards, 1888) Thomas, 1910 (long-fingered Triok) | `--o (Dactylopsila) Gray, 1858 | |-- D. (D.) trivirgata Gray, 1858 (kolmijuovapussisormieläin) | |-- D. (D.) tatei (fergusson Island Striped Possum) | `-- D. (D.) megalura (great-tailed Triok) `--o Petaurinae C.L. Bonaparte, 1838 [taxonomic history] |-- Gymnobelideus leadbeateri McCoy, 1867 [Gymnobelides Marshall, 1873 (unjust. emend.)] [incl. †Palaeopetaurus Broom, 1896; †Palaeoptaurus (lapsus calami)] (Leadbeater's possum; leadbeaterinpussiliito-orava) `--o Petaurus Shaw & Nodder, 1791 [taxonomic history] (sugar gliders; lesser gliding possums) |--o P. breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 (sokeriorava) | |-- P. b. breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 | `-- P. b. papuanus Thomas, 1888 |-- P. norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792) (norfolkinpussiliito-orava) |-- P. abidi (northern Glider) |--o P. australis Shaw & Nodder, 1791 (keltavatsapussiliito-orava) | |-- P. a. australis Shaw & Nodder, 1791 | `-- P. a. reginae `?- P. gracilis (slender-tailed Glider)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.