Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel

Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurista
Species: P. nobilis
Binomial name
Petaurista nobilis
(Gray, 1842)

The Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Thapa, J., Molur, S. & Nameer, P. O. (2008). Petaurista nobilis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.