Petaurista siangensis
Choudhury, 2013
Mebo 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. 2013. Description of a new species of giant flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Siang Basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. Newsletter & Journal of The Rhino Foundation for nature in NE India 9:30-38.
Original name as described
Petaurista siangensis
Type material
ZSI (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Mebo, near Milang Village, Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
India
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Choudhury, A. (2013). Descriptions of a new species of giant flying squirrel of genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Siang basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. in NE India. 9: 30–38.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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