Petaurista leucogenys Temminck 1827

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 : 771

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Petaurista leucogenys Temminck 1827 , Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 1: 27.

Type Locality: "...de forêts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan].

Vernacular Names: Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Petaurista leucogenys subsp. leucogenys Temminck 1827

Subspecies Petaurista leucogenys subsp. hintoni Mori 1923

Subspecies Petaurista leucogenys subsp. nikkonis Thomas 1905

Subspecies Petaurista leucogenys subsp. oreas Thomas 1905

Distribution: Japan, except Hokkaido.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Formerly included xanthotis , see Corbet (1978 c:86). McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991:145) considered it distinct. Subspecies follow Corbet (1978 c). Chromosomal variation studied by Oshida and Obara (1991, 1993). Specimens reported from Korea and Manchuria were purchased in markets ( Jones and Johnson, 1965).