Petaurista philippensis Elliot 1839

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

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scientific name	Petaurista philippensis Elliot 1839
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Petaurista philippensis Elliot 1839 , Madras J. Litt. Sci., Vol. 10: 217.

Type Locality: Near Madras [ India].

Vernacular Names: Indian Giant Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. philippensis Elliot 1839

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. annamensis Thomas 1914

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. cineraceus Blyth 1847

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. grandis Swinhoe 1863

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. lylei Bonhote 1900

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. mergulus Thomas 1922

Subspecies Petaurista philippensis subsp. yunanensis Anderson 1875

Distribution: Sri Lanka; India, north to Bombay and Rajastan, S Bihar; Burma, Thailand; S China, including Hainan and Taiwan.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included in petaurista ; but see Corbet and Hill (1992), who reviewed the species. Subspecies listed are those recognized by Corbet and Hill (1992), who note that further work is needed on the geographic variation of this species.