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--> GENUS Petaurista
SPECIES Petaurista magnificus
Author: | Hodgson, 1836. | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5: 231. | Common Name: | Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel | Type Locality: | "central and Northern regions of Nipál" [Nepal]. | Distribution: | Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim (India). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Formerly included nobilis (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:464); but also see Ghose and Saha (1981:95). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hodgsoni Ghose and Saha, 1981
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