Petaurisa philippensis

IUCN

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

Basic Information

Scientific classification

name：Petaurisa philippensis
Aliases：Petaurisa philippensis，Philippine flying squirrel, Giant flying squirrel
Outline：Rodents
Family：Rodentia Sciuridae F.Squirrel

Vital signs

length：54~66cm
Weight：1.5~2.5kg
lifetime：

Feature

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

Details

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)

Location

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

Form

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.