Petaurista mechukaensis
Choudhury, 2009
Mechuka 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
Choudhury, A. 2009. Replacement Latin name for Mechuka giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795. Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India 8:48.
Original name as described
Petaurista mechukaensis
Type material
ZSI 25691
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mechuka, W Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
recently described under the name nigra, which is preoccupied and the name mechukaensis was described subsequently as a replacement name
Taxonomy notes citation
Choudhury, A. (2007). A new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. Newsletter and journal of the Rhino Foundation for nature in North East India. 7: 26–32. · Choudhury, A. (2009). Replacement Latin name for Mechuka giant flying squirrels of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nature in NE India, 8, 48.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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