Petaurista | |
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Petaurista petaurista | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Sciurinae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Genus: |
Petaurista Link, 1795 |
Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Squirrels in this family are generally large nocturnal flying squirrels.
It contains the following species, listed alphabetically:
Two new species have been described in 2007 and 2009 from Arunachal Pradesh: