Hodgson's giant flying squirrel

Hodgson's giant flying squirrel
Three individuals painted for the planned—but never published—book on animals of Nepal by 19th century naturalist B.H. Hodgson[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurista
Species:
P. magnificus
Binomial name
Petaurista magnificus
(Hodgson, 1836)
Range in red as reported by the IUCN, but see text

Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[2] This large flying squirrel lives in Himalayan forests in Asia. Like other flying squirrels, it is nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pethers2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Molur, S. (2016). "Petaurista magnificus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16721A22271868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T16721A22271868.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  3. ^ Jackson, S.M. (2012). Gliding Mammals of the World. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 112–135. ISBN 9780643092600.
  4. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; J.L. Koprowski; M.A. Steele; J.F. Whatton (2012). Squirrels of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1.

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