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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Petaurista
SPECIES Petaurista elegans
| Author: | Müller, 1840. | | Citation: | In Temminck, Verhandl. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Zoogd. Indisch. Archipel: 35, 56 [1840], see comments. | | Common Name: | Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Java" [Indonesia]. | | Distribution: | Nepal, Sikkim (India), Sichuan and Yunnan (China), N and W Burma, Laos, Tonkin (Vietnam), Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java (Indonesia), Borneo. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Includes clarkei and marica; see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1966:460-461). This species was described in greater detail by Schlegel and Müller, in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Nederland. Overz. Bezitt., Zool., Mammalia, pp. 107, 112 [1845]. Corbet and Hill (1992) considered caniceps from Nepal, Sikkim, N Burma, and W China, and sybilla from a few localities in Burma and W China, as distinct species, sympatric with elegans in W Yunnan (China). |
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