Petaurista mishmiensis
Choudhury, 2009
Mishmi 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
Authority citation
Choudhury, A. 2009. One more new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in North-East India. Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India 8:26-34.
Original name as described
Petaurista mishmiensis
Type material
ZSI 26192
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Alinye, NE of Anini, Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Choudhury, A. (2009). One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. In NE India. 8: 26–34
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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