Taiwan Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel
Petaurista lena
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 323
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
Description
The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is a very large, dark rufous-red, buff and white flying squirrel found in forests at altitudes of 800–3,500 m (2,600–11,500 ft) in mainland China and 1,200–3,750 m (3,940–12,300 ft) in Taiwan, although the population of the latter island is distinctive and likely better regarded as a separate species, the Taiwan giant flying squirrel (P. lena).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red and white giant flying squirrel”.