Petaurista
| Petaurista | |
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| Petaurista petaurista | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | Petaurista Link, 1795 |
Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Squirrels in this family are generally large nocturnal flying squirrels.
It contains the following species, listed alphabetically:[1]
- Petaurista alborufus Milne-Edwards, 1870 – red and white giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista elegans Müller, 1840 – spotted giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista leucogenys Temminck, 1827 – Japanese giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista magnificus Hodgson, 1836 – Hodgson's giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista nobilis Gray, 1842 – Bhutan giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista petaurista Pallas, 1766 – red giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista philippensis Elliot, 1839 – Indian giant flying squirrel
- Petaurista xanthotis Milne-Edwards, 1872 – Chinese giant flying squirrel
Two new species have been described in 2007 and 2009 from Arunachal Pradesh:[2][3]
- Mechuka giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis). It has been assessed by IUCN (2016) as Data Deficient.
- Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis). It has been assessed by IUCN (2016) as Near Threatened.
References
- ↑ Petaurista, MSW3
- ↑ Choudhury, A. U. (2007). A new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. in NE India. 7: 26-32.
- ↑ Choudhury, A. U. (2009). One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. in NE India. 7: 26-34.
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