Hodgson's giant flying squirrel

Hodgson's Giant Flying Squirrel
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Petaurista
Species:	P. magnificus
Binomial name
Petaurista magnificus (Hodgson, 1836)

Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in India and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Sciurinae, Pteromyini (Flying squirrels) tribe) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Eoglaucomys Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus) Glaucomys (New World flying squirrels) Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) Hylopetes Particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) Afghan flying squirrel (Hylopetes baberi) Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) Gray-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes lepidus) Palawan flying squirrel (Hylopetes nigripes) Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) Jentink's flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) Sipora flying squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) Red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) Sumatran flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni) Iomys Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldi) Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora) Petaurillus (Pygmy flying squirrels) Lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii) Petinomys Basilan flying squirrel (Petinomys crinitus) Whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni) Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) Arrow flying squirrel (Petinomys sagitta) Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) Aeretes Groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) Aeromys (Large black flying squirrels) Black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi) Belomys Hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) Biswamoyopterus Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis) Eupetaurus Woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) Petaurista Red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) Spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans) Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis) Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis) Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys) Red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) Pteromys (Old World flying squirrels) Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga) Pteromyscus Smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) Trogopterus Complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) Category