Petaurista marica
O. Thomas, 1912
Indochinese 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
Thomas, O. 1912-06-01. New species of Crocidura and Petaurista from Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(54):686-688.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639444Original name as described
Petaurista marica
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
supposedly near Mongtsze, Yunnan, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar · India · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Malaysia?
Taxonomy notes
split from P. elegans; the name punctatus (currently a synonym of P. elegans) from the Malay Peninsula may apply to this species, which would have nomenclatural priority over marica; punctata is tentatively retained under P. elegans pending further studies
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, S., He, K., Yu, F.-H., Yang, Q.-S. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Petaurista inferred from the cytochrome b gene, with implications for the taxonomic status of P. caniceps, P. marica, and P. sybilla. PLOS ONE 8(7): e70461.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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