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Petaurista petaurista  (Pallas, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632513

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Red Giant Flying Squirrel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderRodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents  
                                  SuborderSciuromorpha Brandt, 1855 – squirrels  
                                     FamilySciuridae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 – squirrels, marmots, chipmunks  
                                        SubfamilySciurinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817  
                                           TribePteromyini Brandt, 1855 – flying squirrels  
                                              GenusPetaurista Link, 1795 – Giant Flying Squirrels  
                                                 SpeciesPetaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) – Red Giant Flying Squirrel  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista albiventer (Gray, 1834)  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista batuana Miller, 1903  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista candidula Wroughton, 1911  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista cicur Robinson and Kloss, 1914  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista interceptio Sody, 1949  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista lumholtzi Gyldenstolpe, 1920  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista marchio Thomas, 1908  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista melanotus (Gray, 1837)  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista nigrescens Medway, 1965  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista nigricaudatus Robinson and Kloss, 1918  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista nitidula Thomas, 1900  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista penangensis Robinson and Kloss, 1918  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766)  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista rajah Thomas, 1908  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista rufipes Sody, 1949  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista stellaris Chasen, 1940  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista taylori Thomas, 1914  
                                                    Subspecies Petaurista petaurista terutaus Lyon, 1907  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family Sciuridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2   
  Page(s): 754-818   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Petaurista petaurista, Red Giant Flying Squirrel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton  
  Publication Date: 2012   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Squirrels of the World   
  Page(s): vii + 459   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-4214-0469-9   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Petaurista petaurista, Red Giant Flying Squirrel [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Petaurista petaurista   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Petaurista petaurista, Red Giant Flying Squirrel [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
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 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
    Comments: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992), who recognized philippensis as distinct and allocated many forms to it that were formerly assigned to petaurista; the two species are widely sympatric. Also reviewed from the literature by Day (1988); karyotypic variation reported by Yong and Dhaliwal (1976). Taxonomic revision and comprehensive review of geographic variation needed (Corbet and Hill, 1992). Ghose and Bhattacharya (1995) proposed full species status for P. fulvinus, based on limited specim...  
 

 

    

 
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