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title: "Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel"
description: "Petaurista alborufus — Mamíferos. The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/mainland-red-and-white-giant-flying-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel

> Petaurista alborufus — Mamíferos. The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Petaurista alborufus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 101
- Wikidata: [Q1094383](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1094383)
- iNaturalist taxon: [45981](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/45981)

## Names

- en: Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel
- de: Rot-Weißes Riesengleithörnchen

## Countries with the most observations

CN (73)

## Summary

The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is a very large, dark rufous-red, buff and white flying squirrel found in forests at altitudes of 800–3,500 m (2,600–11,500 ft) in mainland China and 1,200–3,750 m (3,940–12,300 ft) in Taiwan, although the population of the latter island is distinctive and likely better regarded as a separate species, the Taiwan giant flying squirrel (P. lena). Additionally, the red and white giant flying squirrel possibly ranges into northeastern South Asia and far northern Mainland Southeast Asia. This squirrel has a…

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

## Photo

![Mainland Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mainland-red-and-white-giant-flying-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank E. Beddard · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Natural_History_Mammalia_Fig_234.jpg

## Machine access

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