Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766) . Mise. Zool., p. 54 . TYPE LOCALITY: Not stated. Restricted by Robinson and Kloss (1918a:172 , 221) to Preanger Regencies, Western Java , Indonesia . DISTRIBUTION: E Afghanistan , Kashmir and Punjab east to Assam ( India ); Yunnan , Sichuan , Fukien (?) ( China ); Burma ; Thailand ; Indochina; Malaysia ; Sumatra , Java ( Indonesia ); Borneo. SYNONYMS: albiventer (Gray, 1834); barrotti Kloss, 1916; batuanus Miller, 1903; birrelli Wroughton, 1911; candidula Wroughton, 1919; cicur Robinson and Kloss, 1914; fulvinus Wroughton, 1911; inornatus (Geoffroy, 1844) ; interceptio Sody, 1949; lumholtzi Gyldenstolpe, 1919 ; marchio Thomas, 1908; melanotis (Gray, 1836) ; mimicus Miller, 1913; nigrescens Medway , 1965 ; nigricaudatus Robinson and Kloss, 1918; nitida (Desmarest, 1818); nitidalula Thomas, 1900; penangensis Robinson and Kloss, 1918; rajah Thomas, 1908; ruftpes Sody, 1925; sodyi Harris, 1951; stellaris Chasen, 1940 ; taylori Thomas, 1914; terutaus Lyon, 1907 . COMMENTS: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992) , who recognized philippensis as distinct, and allocated many of the forms that were formerly assigned to petaurista to it; the two species are widely sympatric. Also reviewed by Day (1988) ; karyotypic variation reported by Yong and Dhaliwal (1976) .