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.

Original name as described

Pteromys xanthotis

Type locality

"Moupin, Baoxing, Sichuan, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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