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Table 1 List of species sampled, number of specimens of each species (N), diet, and occupied biomes. Diet categories (Table 2): Folivore 1 (Fol_1.), Folivore 2 (Fol_2.), Frugivore (Frug.), Nucivore (Nuc.), Generalist (Gen.), no information available (No info.). Biomes follow Walter’s [128] classification: evergreen equatorial rainforest (I), tropical deciduous woodland (II), savanna (II/III), temperate evergreen forest (V), broad-leaf deciduous forest (VI), taiga (VIII). Biomes that do not include any flying squirrel species, such as subtropical desert (III), sclerophyllous woodland and shrubland (IV), steppe/cold desert (VII) and tundra (IX), were omitted

From: Cranial morphology in flying squirrels: diet, shape, and size disparity across tropical and temperate biomes

Specie

N

Diet

I

II

II/III

V

VI

VIII

Aeretes melanopterus

2

No info

1

Aeromys tephromelas

4

Nuc

1

Aeromys thomasi

1

Frug

1

Belomys pearsonii

2

Fol_1

1

1

1

1

Biswamoyopterus laoensis

1

No info

1

Eoglaucomys fimbriatus

8

Nuc

1

1

1

Eupetaurus cinereus

1

Fol_2

1

Glaucomys sabrinus

10

Nuc

1

1

Hylopetes alboniger

7

Frug

1

1

1

1

Hylopetes bartelsi

1

No info

1

Hylopetes nigripes

4

No info

1

Hylopetes phayrei

6

Frug

1

1

Hylopetes platyurus

7

Gen

1

Hylopetes sagitta

8

No info

1

1

Hylopetes spadiceus

10

No info

1

1

Iomys horsfieldii

1

Nuc

1

Iomys sipora

1

No info

1

Petaurillus kinlochii

4

No info

1

Petaurista albiventer

1

Gen

1

1

1

Petaurista alborufus

5

Gen

1

1

1

1

Petaurista elegans

3

Gen

1

1

1

1

Petaurista lena

3

Fol_1

1

1

1

1

Petaurista leucogenys

6

Gen

1

1

Petaurista petaurista

10

Fol_1

1

1

1

1

Petaurista philippensis

5

Fol_1

1

1

1

1

1

Petaurista yunanensis

5

No info

1

1

1

1

1

Petinomys crinitus

3

No info

1

1

Petinomys fuscocapillus

3

Gen

1

1

Petinomys hageni

2

No info

1

Petinomys lugens

4

No info

1

Petinomys setosus

4

Nuc

1

1

Petinomys vordermanni

6

Nuc

1

Pteromys volans

6

Gen

1

1

1

Pteromyscus pulverulentus

5

Gen

1

1

Trogopterus xanthipes

2

Fol_2

1

1

1

 Total

 151

 

26

17

2

14

8

11