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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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SUBSPECIES elegans

SUBSPECIES banksi

SUBSPECIES caniceps

SUBSPECIES marica

SUBSPECIES punctatus

SUBSPECIES sumatrana

SUBSPECIES sybilla

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