Petaurista mishmiensis

Mishmi Hills Giant Flying Squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurista
Species: P. mishmiensis
Binomial name
Petaurista mishmiensis
Choudhury, 2009

The Mishmi Hills Giant Flying Squirrel, Petaurista mishmiensis, is a flying squirrel in the genus Petaurista. It has recently been discovered in the vicinity of Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India.[1]

References

  1. ^ Choudhury, Anwaruddin (2009). "One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India". The Newsletter & Journal of the Rhino Foundation for nature in North-East India 8: 26–34, plates.