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 magnifiais (Hodgson, 1836) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:231 . TYPE LOCALITY: "central and Northern regions of Nipâl" [ Nepal ] . DISTRIBUTION: Tibet ( China ), Nepal , Bhutan , Sikkim ( India ). SYNONYMS: hodgsoni Ghose and Saha , 1981 . COMMENTS: Formerly included nobilis ( Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:464 ) ; but also see Ghose and Saha (1981:95) .