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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Sciurinae
--> TRIBE Pteromyini
--> GENUS Petaurista
SPECIES Petaurista leucogenys
| Author: | Temminck, 1827. | | Citation: | Monogr. Mamm., 1: 27. | | Common Name: | Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "...de foręts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan]. | | Distribution: | Japan, except Hokkaido. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly included xanthotis, see Corbet (1978c:86). McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991:145) considered it distinct. Subspecies follow Corbet (1978c). Chromosomal variation studied by Oshida and Obara (1991, 1993). Specimens reported from Korea and Manchuria were purchased in markets (Jones and Johnson, 1965). |
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