Petaurus breviceps Waterhouse, 1839 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1838: 152.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales .

DISTRIBUTION: S. E. South Australia to Cape York Peninsula (Queensland); Tasmania (introduction); N. Northern Territory; N. E. Western Australia; New Guinea and adjacent small islands; Bismarck Arch.; Aru Isis.; N. Moluccas.

COMMENT: Reviewed by Smith, 1973, Mamm. Species, 30:1-5.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402007006002001.