| Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel | |
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| In Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Petaurista |
| Species: | P. nobilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Petaurista nobilis (J. E. Gray, 1842)
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| Range in red | |
The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[1] This species lives in Himalayan forests and it is one of the largest flying squirrels. Like other flying squirrels, it is mainly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.[2][3]
- ^ a b Molur, S. (2016). "Petaurista nobilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T16722A22271710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16722A22271710.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Jackson, S.M. (2012). Gliding Mammals of the World. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 112–135. ISBN 9780643092600.
- ^ Thorington, R. W. Jr.; Koprowski, J.L.; Steele, M.A.; Whatton, J.F. (2012). Squirrels of the World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-1-4214-0469-1.