Indian Giant Flying Squirrel

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Indian Giant Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Petaurista Species: P. philippensis
Binomial name
Petaurista philippensis (Elliot, 1839)

The Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Thailand.

[edit] See also

• list of mammals in Hong Kong
• list of mammals in Taiwan

[edit] Source

• Baillie, J. 1996. Petaurista philippensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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