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 leucogenys (Temminck, 1827) . Monogr. Mamm., 1:27 . TYPE LOCALITY: " ...de forêts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan ] . DISTRIBUTION: Japan , except Hokkaido ; Gansu , Sichuan , Yunnan ( China ). SYNONYMS: filchnerinae (Matschie, 1908); hintoni Mori, 1923; nikkonis Thomas, 1905; oreas Thomas, 1905; osiui Kuroda, 1938 ; pectoralis (Swinhoe, 1870); thomasi Kuroda and Mori, 1923 (not Hose, 1900); tosae Thomas, 1905; watasei Mori, 1927. COMMENTS: Formerly included xanthotis , see Corbet (1978c:86) . McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991: 145) considered it distinct.