Petaurista albiventer
(J. E. Gray, 1834)
White-bellied Giant Flying Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Pteromyini |
| Genus | : Petaurista |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1834-09-10. [Part 15, Part 16]. in Gray, J.E. 1832-1835. Illustrations of Indian Zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke. Vol. II. Adolphus Richter and Co., London, plates pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58221988Original name as described
Pteromys albiventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:114c
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Nepal."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
Afghanistan? · Pakistan? · India · Nepal · China · Thailand
Taxonomy notes
split from P. petaurista; the name nigra has variously been applied to this species, P. philippensis, and P. yunanensis, but the most recent revision of the species in China included it under this species, along with the recently described muzongensis, both of which may ultimately represent P. yunanensis
Taxonomy notes citation
Oshida, T., Shafique, C. M., Barkati, S., Fujita, Y., Lin, L. K., & Masuda, R. (2004). A preliminary study on molecular phylogeny of giant flying squirrels, genus Petaurista (Rodentia, Sciuridae) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences. Russian Journal of Theriology. Русский териологический журнал, 3(1), 15-24. · Yu, F., Yu, F., Pang, J., Kilpatrick, C. W., McGuire, P. M., Wang, Y., ... & Woods, C. A. (2006). Phylogeny and biogeography of the Petaurista philippensis complex (Rodentia: Sciuridae), inter-and intraspecific relationships inferred from molecular and morphometric analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 38(3), 755-766. · Li, S., & Feng, Z. (2017). Geographic Variation of the Large Red Flying Squirrel, Petaurista albiventer (Gray, 1834)(Rodentia: Sciuridae), with a Description of a New Subspecies in Southwestern China. Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 49(4).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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