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Bhutan giant flying squirrel
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The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[1] This species lives in Himalayan forests and it is one of the largest flying squirrels. Like other flying squirrels, it is mainly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.[2][3]
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Bhutan Giant Flying Squirrel | |
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In Sikkim, India | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Petaurista |
Species: | P. nobilis |
Binomial name | |
Petaurista nobilis (J. E. Gray, 1842) | |
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