Petaurista: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Petaurista
Species
Scientific Name: Petaurista

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Petaurista

Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. They are large to very large flying squirrels found in forests and other wooded habitats in southern and eastern Asia.

Like other flying squirrels, they are mostly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out their patagium, skin between their limbs. They feed primarily on plant material, but will also take small animals such as insects.

Petaurista in languages:

Bokmål: Kjempeflygeekorn
Chinese: 鼯鼠屬
English: Asian Giant Flying Squirrels
English: Asiatic Giant Flying Squirrels
English: Giant Flying Squirrels
Finnish: isoliiturit
German: Riesengleithörnchen
Polish: wielkolot
Russian: Гигантские летяги
Sinhala: ආසියානු මහා හම්බාවන්
Thai: สกุล กระรอกบินยักษ์เอเชีย

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