"Taiwan giant flying squirrel" redirects here. For the other species of that island, see Formosan giant flying squirrel.
Red and white giant flying squirrel
Petaurista alborufus lena in Taiwan
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Sciuridae
Genus:
Petaurista
Species:
P. alborufus
Binomial name
Petaurista alborufus
(A. Milne-Edwards, 1870)
Range in red
The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is a very large, dark rufous-red, buff and white flying squirrel found in forests at altitudes of 800–3,500 m (2,600–11,500 ft) in mainland China and 1,200–3,750 m (3,940–12,300 ft) in Taiwan, although the population of the latter island is distinctive and likely better regarded as a separate species, the Taiwan giant flying squirrel (P. lena).[1][2][3][4] Additionally, the red and white giant flying squirrel possibly ranges into northeastern South Asia and far northern Mainland Southeast Asia.[3][4] This squirrel has a wide range and is relatively common, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as being of "least concern".[1]
They spend their days sleeping in a tree hollow, emerging at night to forage in the trees. Their diet consists primarily of nuts and fruits, but also includes leafy vegetation, insects and their larvae. Like other flying squirrels, this species can move between trees by gliding (not actually flying like a bat), exceptionally as much as 400 m (1,300 ft). This is achieved by the patagium, skin spread out between its limbs.[2]
^ abcSmith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2016). "Petaurista alborufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2019.old-form url
^ abSmith, A.T.; Y. Xie, eds. (2008). A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press. pp. 177–180. ISBN 978-0-691-09984-2.
^ abJackson, S.M.; R.W. Thorington Jr. (2012). "Gliding Mammals – Taxonomy of Living and Extinct Species". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 638 (638): 1–117. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.638.1.
^ abJackson, S.M. (2012). Gliding Mammals of the World. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 112–135. ISBN 9780643092600.
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