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title: "Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel"
description: "Petaurista caniceps — Ssaki. 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/pl/animal/grey-headed-giant-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel

> Petaurista caniceps — Ssaki. 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 caniceps*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las), `mountains` (Góry)
- iNaturalist observations: 53
- Wikidata: [Q17265455](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17265455)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1279899](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1279899)

## Names

- en: Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel
- de: Graukopf-Riesengleithörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

CN (28), IN (5)

## 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

![Grey-headed Giant Flying Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-headed-giant-flying-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: James Eaton · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199176819

## Machine access

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