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title: "Wielkolot rdzawy"
description: "Petaurista petaurista — Ssaki. The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/red-giant-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Wielkolot rdzawy

> Petaurista petaurista — Ssaki. The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels).

- Scientific name: *Petaurista petaurista*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 797
- Wikidata: [Q1193747](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1193747)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45982](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45982)

## Names

- en: Red Giant Flying Squirrel
- de: Rotes Riesengleithörnchen
- es: Ardilla Voladora Gigante Roja
- nl: Tagoean
- pl: Wielkolot rdzawy

## Countries with the most observations

MY (506), CN (81), ID (42), IN (26), TH (13)

## Summary

The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scattered trees in Southeast Asia, ranging north to the Himalayas and southern and central China. One of the largest arboreal squirrels, all populations have at least some reddish-brown above and pale underparts, but otherwise there are significant geographic variations in the colours. The taxonomic position of those in the Sundaic region is generally agreed upon, but there is considerable…

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

## Photo

![Wielkolot rdzawy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-giant-flying-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: drtimk · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340022899

## Machine access

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