Petaurista xanthotis

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Chinese 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

Milne-Edwards, A. 1872. [Livraisons 10-15]. Pp. 231–304 in Milne-Edwards, A. 1872-1874. Mémoire sur la Faune mammalogique du Tibet oriental, et principalement de la principauté de Moupin. Pp. 231–386 in Milne-Edwards, H. and Milne-Edwards, A. 1868-1874. Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères. Tome premier – Texte. G. Masson, Paris, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524377

Original name as described

Pteromys xanthotis

Type locality

"Moupin, Baoxing, Sichuan, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001655

Country distribution map

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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 xanthotis

Thorington & R. S. Hoffmann, 2005

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

xanthotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16725/115138662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petaurista xanthotis buechneri

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

buechneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Petaurista xanthotis filchnerinae

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

filchnerinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Petaurista xanthotis xanthotis

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

xanthotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Pteromys xanthotis

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

xanthotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

301

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524377

Authority publication

Paris

Pteromys büchneri

(Matschie, 1907)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

buechneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Pteromys filchnerinae

(Matschie, 1907)

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

filchnerinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

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