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title: "Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel"
description: "Belomys pearsonii — Mammals. The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/hairy-footed-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

> Belomys pearsonii — Mammals. The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan.

- Scientific name: *Belomys pearsonii*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 102
- Wikidata: [Q1360095](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360095)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46245](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46245)

## Names

- en: Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel
- de: Haarfußgleithörnchen
- es: Ardilla voladora de patas peludas
- pl: Stopowłos górski

## Countries with the most observations

TW (38), VN (20), CN (19), IN (6), TH (5)

## Summary

The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. It lives at elevations of 800–2,400 m (2,600–7,900 ft) above sea level.
The fur is red-brown on the top and white at the bottom. the margins of the eyelids are dark brown, and the sides of the face are pale rufous; the ears are moderately large and rounded, rather dark brown towards the tips, and pencilled at the base, anteriorly and posteriorly, with long delicate hairs. Characteristic are the long hair at the feet, which even covers the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy-footed_flying_squirrel

## Photo

![Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hairy-footed-flying-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191245295

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/hairy-footed-flying-squirrel?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).