Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel

Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurista
Species: P. xanthotis
Binomial name
Petaurista xanthotis
(Milne-Edwards, 1872)

The Chinese Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to China and Laos .

References

  1. ^ Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). Petaurista xanthotis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.

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