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Giant Flying Squirrels
Petaurista
Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. They are large to very large flying squirrels found in forests and other wooded habitats in southern and eastern Asia.
Like other flying squirrels, they are mostly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out their patagium, skin between their limbs. They feed primarily on plant material, but will also take small animals such as insects.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species
Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista grandis
Red Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista petaurista
Taiwan Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista lena
Common Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista philippensis
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista leucogenys
Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista alborufus
Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista marica
Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista caniceps
Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista nobilis
White-bellied Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista albiventer
Yunnan Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista yunanensis
Sunda Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista elegans
Chindwin Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista sybilla
Hainan Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista hainanus
Mishmi Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista mishmiensis
Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista magnificus
Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista xanthotis
Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista siangensis
Mechuka Giant Flying Squirrel
speciesPetaurista mechukaensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45980.