Chinese giant flying squirrel

Chinese giant flying squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Petaurista
Species:	P. xanthotis
Binomial name
Petaurista xanthotis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

The Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China. It inhabits high-elevation spruce forests in China and feeds nocturnally on young shoots, leaves, and pine nuts. It nests in trees but does not hibernate. Its litter size averages two. ^[2]

References

1. Smith, A.T.; Johnston, C.H. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Petaurista xanthotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T16725A115138662. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16725A22272458.en . Retrieved 12 September 2024.
2. Smith, A, Andrew T.; Xie, Yan (2008). A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-09984-2.^{[ page needed ]}