Petaurista nujiangensis
Li Quan, S. M. Jackson, & Jiang Xuelong in Li Quan, S. M. Jackson, Li Xueyou, Song Wenyu, Chen Zhongzheng, Zhu Zhongxu, Hu Zhechang, He Shuiwang, Wang Hongjiao, Luo Kang, Luo Jing, Pu Mingjin, Pu Changzhe, Xiong Yun, Li Sanfu, Liu Shaoying, & Jiang Xuelong, 2025
Nujiang 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
Li, Q., Jackson, S.M., Li, X.-y., Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Zhu, Z.-x., Hu, Z.-c., He, S.-w., Wang, H.-j., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-j., Pu, C.-z., Xiong, Y., Li, S.-f., Liu, S.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025-09-01. Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(1):zlaf106.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf106Original name as described
Petaurista nujiangensis
Type material
KIZ 34935
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"No. 12 bridge of the man and horse post road between Shuanglawa Village and Ba Po Village, Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (中国云南省怒江 州贡山县双拉娃至巴坡人马驿道12号桥附近). Accurate GPS was not recorded, but the locality described by the collector is approximately 98.5013°E, 27.7157°N, altitude 2837 m a.s.l. (Fig. 1A)."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar?
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, Q., Jackson, S.M., Li, X.-y., Song, W.-y., Chen, Z.-z., Zhu, Z.-x., Hu, Z.-c., He, S.-w., Wang, H.-j., Luo, K., Luo, J., Pu, M.-j., Pu, C.-z., Xiong, Y., Li, S.-f., Liu, S.-y. and Jiang, X.-l. 2025. Discovery of a new species of giant flying squirrel (Petaurista) from northwest Yunnan, China, sheds light on the origin and diversification of the genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205(1):zlaf106. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf106
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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