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genus

Petaurista Link, 1795

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Sciuridae - squirrels »  subfamily Pteromyinae - flying squirrels

Included taxa

Number of records: 21

species Petaurista albiventer (J. E. Gray, 1834) - White-bellied Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista alborufus (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870) - Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista alborufus

species Petaurista caniceps (J. E. Gray, 1842) - Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista elegans (Temminck, 1836) - Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista elegans

species Petaurista grandis (Swinhoe, 1863) - Formosan Red-Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista grandis

species Petaurista hainanus G. M. Allen, 1925 - Hainan Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista lena O. Thomas, 1907 - Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista lena

species Petaurista leucogenys Temminck, 1836 - Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista leucogenys

species Petaurista magnificus (Hodgson, 1836) - Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista marica O. Thomas, 1912
species Petaurista mechukaensis Choudhury, 2009 - Mechuka Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista mishmiensis Choudhury, 2009 - Mishmi Hills Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista nobilis (J. E. Gray, 1842) - Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) - Red Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista petaurista

species Petaurista philippensis (W. Elliot, 1839) - Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista philippensis

species Petaurista rufipes Sody, 1925

Petaurista rufipes

species Petaurista siangensis Choudhury, 2013 - Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista sybilla O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1916
species Petaurista xanthotis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872) - Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
species Petaurista yunanensis (J. Anderson, 1875) - Yunnan Giant Flying Squirrel

Fossil taxa

species Petaurista tetyukhensis Tiunov & Gimranov, 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon