Petaurista philippensis

(W. Elliot, 1839)

Indian 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

Elliot, W. 1839. A catalogue of the species of Mammalia found in the southern Mahratta country; with their synonimes in the native languages in use there. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10:207-233.

Original name as described

Pteromys Philippensis

Other common names

Large Brown Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:115d

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Near Madras, India."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. grandis, P. hainana, and P. yunanensis

Taxonomy notes citation

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001652

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Petaurista cineraceus stockleyi

T. D. Carter, 1933

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

stockleyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-55836

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-55836

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Pteromys Philippensis

(W. Elliot, 1839)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

philippensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:115d

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

217

Authority publication

Madras Journal of Literature and Science

Petaurista cinderella

Wroughton, 1911

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cinderella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.11.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8dcc4dd-3aad-48f6-9b02-43bab9a3a35e

Authority page

1018

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30167295

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Petaurista lanka

Wroughton, 1911

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lanka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.3.27.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34761c90-d200-4e70-b210-bcbe50a2f311

Authority page

1017

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30167294

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Petaurista lylei

Bonhote, 1900

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.10.5.41

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/060da8a8-54d5-4958-8641-ade4be9969cb

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31097899

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista annamensis

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

annamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.6.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3fe9f87b-e17c-4aad-93cf-2a9f4eacbd04

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453573

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista lylei venningi

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

venningi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/00866968-c13f-427d-9172-7776225b3220

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453332

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petaurista mergulus

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mergulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1922.8.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3de9abfb-5e4f-4b97-976f-26dfa02dd2f6

Authority page

1067

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52170719

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Petaurista mergulus reguli

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

reguli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.6.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d7edae43-845c-4318-bc35-664ff44ecefb

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47946623

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Petaurista mergulus primrosei

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

primrosei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.6.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b8a40405-fdcf-483c-ba2d-ab6e17e680dc

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47946623

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Petaurista lylei badiatus

O. Thomas, 1925

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

badiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.1.42

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4780496f-ce71-4cbc-84a3-44d821ad2ba5

Authority page

501

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Pteromys griseiventer

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

griseiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:198a

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729824

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Pteromys petaurista (?), var. cineraceus

(E. Blyth, 1847)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cineraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 9485

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

865

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126414

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1847:865, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)

Petaurista annamensis annamensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

annamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista philippensis cinderella

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cinderella

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista cineraceus

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cineraceus

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

Robinson & Kloss (1918:175, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista philippensis lanka

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lanka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista lylei lylei

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:174, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126996) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista philippensis oral

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oral

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1918:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)

Petaurista philippensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

philippensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16724/184098981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petaurista philippensis philippensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1918

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

philippensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Robinson & Kloss (1918:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11126999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36143)
  2. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista philippensis annamensis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

annamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista philippensis cineraceus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cineraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista philippensis lylei

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Petaurista philippensis mergulus

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

mergulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Pteromys cineraceus

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

cineraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

94

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534775

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:94, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Pteromys Orál

(S. R. Tickell, 1842)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

oral

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

401

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37127173

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  2. Kelaart (1852:55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  3. Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)
  4. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Petaurista lylei miloni

Bourret, 1942

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

miloni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Comptes Rendus des séances du Conseil de recherches scientifiques de l'Indochine

Name usages

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

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