MSW Scientific Names

Petaurista



• Author........ : Link, 1795.
  
• Citation...... : Zool. Beytr., 1(2):52, 78.
  
• Common Name... : Oriental giant flying squirrels.
  
• Distribution.. :Montane forest of Hindu Kush (Afghanistan) and Himalayas, south through India; west through C. and S. China, and Indo-Malaysia to Java and Borneo; and Japan.
  
• Type Species.. : Sciurus petaurista Pallas, 1766.