Red giant flying squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red giant flying squirrel lives – recorded in 4 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Petaurista petaurista
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	4 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the red giant flying squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red giant flying squirrel in 4 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the red giant flying squirrel endangered?

The red giant flying squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red giant flying squirrel?

The red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Petaurista. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red giant flying squirrel

The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scattered trees in Southeast Asia, ranging north to the Himalayas and southern and central China. One of the largest arboreal squirrels, all populations have at least some reddish-brown above and pale underparts, but otherwise there are significant geographic variations in the colours. The taxonomic position of those in the Sundaic region is generally agreed upon, but there is considerable uncertainty about the others, which variously have been included in this or other species, or recognized as their own species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red giant flying squirrel (revision 1373406616), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1193747 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).