Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Petaurista alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870 Petaurista alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870 , C. R . Acad. Sci. Paris, 70: 342 . Type Locality: Moupin [= Baoxing, Sichuan , China ]. Vernacular Names: Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. castaneus Thomas 1923 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. lena Thomas 1907 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. leucocephalus Hilzheimer 1905 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. ochraspis Thomas 1923 Distribution: Taiwan , S and C China . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Includes lena , which was treated as a separate species by Kuntz and Ming (1970) ; see Jones (1975). Provisionally includes pectoralis ( Corbet and Hill, 1992 ). Reviewed from the literature by Day (1988) . Subspecies provisionally recognized by Corbet and Hill (1992) . Chromosomes described by Oshida et al. (1993).