Giant Flying Squirrels
Petaurista Link, 1795
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.
9 species · 9 branches
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Petaurista in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
References
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
- Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton. (2012). Squirrels of the World.
- Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Family Sciuridae. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. (2000). Common Names of Mammals of the World.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.