Petaurisa philippensis

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Name：Petaurisa philippensis

Alias：Petaurisa philippensis，Philippine flying squirrel, Giant flying squirrel

Outline：Rodents

Family：Rodentia Sciuridae F.Squirrel

length：54~66cm

Weight：1.5~2.5kg

Life：

IUCN：LC

Trait：The fur is thick, with white and grayish-white tips densely covering the head and back, as if covered with a layer of frost.

Petaurisa philippensis Life habits and morphological characteristics

A large flying squirrel. The back of the body is mainly dark chestnut brown, with dense white hair tips, giving the back of the body a frosted appearance. The ears are brown. The ventral side of the body is brown-yellow, the backs of the front and back feet are brown-black, and the tail is chestnut brown.

Petaurisa philippensis Distribution range and habitat

It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Hunan and Sichuan in China.

Petaurisa philippensis Detailed Introduction

Frost-backed flying squirrels live in tropical and subtropical areas, mostly choosing dense tall tree forests. They build nests in tree crowns or tree holes. Their food mainly consists of fruits, seeds, tender branches and leaves of plants, and they also eat insects.

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Listed in the "List of Terrestrial Wildlife with Important Economic and Scientific Research Value Protected by the State" issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Listed in the 2013 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ver3.1—Low Risk (LC).

Listed in the China Biodiversity Red List—Vertebrate Volume, with an assessment level of Vulnerable (VU)

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