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title: "Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel"
description: "Petaurista marica — Mammals. The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/indochinese-spotted-giant-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel

> Petaurista marica — Mammals. The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Petaurista marica*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 65
- Wikidata: [Q112614262](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112614262)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1279900](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1279900)

## Names

- en: Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel

## Countries with the most observations

MY (24), VN (13), CN (7), TH (6)

## Summary

The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in hill and mountain forests at altitudes of 200–4,000 m (660–13,120 ft) in Southeast Asia north to central China and the east Himalayan region, although the northern populations sometimes are regarded as separate species as the grey-headed giant flying squirrel (P. caniceps), Chindwin giant flying squirrel (P. sybilla) and P. marica. Two of these, as well as a few other populations, lack the white spots on the upperparts for which it is named. Although…

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

## Photo

![Indochinese Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indochinese-spotted-giant-flying-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31454550

## Machine access

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