Petaurista petaurista (Pallas 1766)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 772

Petaurista petaurista (Pallas 1766)

[Sciurus] petaurista Pallas 1766 , Misc. Zool.: 54.

Type Locality: Not stated. Restricted by Robinson and Kloss (1918 a:172, 221) to Preanger Regencies, Western Java, Indonesia .

Vernacular Names: Red Giant Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. petaurista Pallas 1766

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. albiventer Gray 1834

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. batuana Miller 1903

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. candidula Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. cicur Robinson and Kloss 1914

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. interceptio Sody 1949

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. lumholtzi Gyldenstolpe 1920

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. marchio Thomas 1908

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. melanotus Gray 1837

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. nigrescens Medway 1965

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. nigricaudatus Robinson and Kloss 1918

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. nitidula Thomas 1900

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. penangensis Robinson and Kloss 1918

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. rajah Thomas 1908

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. rufipes Sody 1949

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. stellaris Chasen 1940

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. taylori Thomas 1914

Subspecies Petaurista petaurista subsp. terutaus Lyon 1907

Distribution: E Afghanistan, Kashmir and Punjab east to Assam ( India); Yunnan, Sichuan, Fukien ( China); Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Malaysia; Sumatra, Java ( Indonesia); Borneo.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992), who recognized philippensis as distinct and allocated many forms to it that were formerly assigned to petaurista ; the two species are widely sympatric. Also reviewed from the literature by Day (1988); karyotypic variation reported by Yong and Dhaliwal (1976). Taxonomic revision and comprehensive review of geographic variation needed ( Corbet and Hill, 1992). Ghose and Bhattacharya (1995) proposed full species status for P. fulvinus , based on limited specimen comparison.