Petaurista magnificus

(Hodgson, 1836)

Hodgson's 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 5, 231

Original name as described

Sciuropterus magnificus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.47, RMNH.MAM.60453, ZSI 9728

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.60453 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6d88aa9-6643-4a6a-93dc-8648790e3aca

Type locality

C and N regions of Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001646

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Sciuropterus magnificus

(Hodgson, 1836)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

magnificus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.47, RMNH.MAM.60453, ZSI 9728

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.60453 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6d88aa9-6643-4a6a-93dc-8648790e3aca

Authority page

231

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Petaurista magnificus hodgsoni

Ghose & S. S. Saha, 1981

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

hodgsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 20110

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48228599

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Pteromys magnificus

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

magnificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

866

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1847:866, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
  2. Blyth (1863:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Petaurista magnificus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

magnificus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126997

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16721/22271868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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