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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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    hodgsoni Ghose and Saha, 1981

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