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title: "Common Giant Flying Squirrel"
description: "Petaurista philippensis — Mamíferos. The Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-giant-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Giant Flying Squirrel

> Petaurista philippensis — Mamíferos. The Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Petaurista philippensis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 282
- Wikidata: [Q1767097](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1767097)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45984](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45984)

## Names

- en: Common Giant Flying Squirrel
- de: Indisches Riesengleithörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

IN (102), VN (47), TH (24), LK (17), CN (16), MM (5)

## Summary

The Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is capable of gliding flight using a skin membrane, the patagium, stretched between front and hind legs. It is found in mainland Southeast and South Asia, and southern and central China.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82169812

## Machine access

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