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 philippensis (Elliot, 1839) . Madras J. Litt. Sci., 10:217 . TYPE LOCALITY: Near Madras [ India ]. DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka ; India , north to Bombay and Rajastan , S Bihar ; Burma , Thailand ; S China , including Hainan and Taiwan ; Indonesia ( Agrawal and Chakraborty, 1979 ). SYNONYMS: annamensis Thomas, 1914; badiatus Thomas, 1925; cineraceus (Blyth, 1847); Cinderella Wroughton, 1911 ; grandis (Swinhoe, 1862); griseiventer ( Gray, 1843 ); hainana G. Allen, 1925; lanka Wroughton, 1911; lylei Bonhote, 1900 ; mergulus Thomas, 1922; miloni Bourret, 1942; nigra Wang, 1981 ; oral (Tickell, 1842); primrosei Thomas, 1926; reguli Thomas, 1926; rubicundus Howell, 1927 ; rufipes G. Allen, 1925; stockleyi Carter, 1933; venningi Thomas, 1914; yunanensis (Anderson, 1875). COMMENTS: Formerly included in petaurista ; but see Corbet and Hill (1992) , who reviewed the species.