Chinese giant flying squirrel
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Petaurista |
| Species: | P. xanthotis
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| Petaurista xanthotis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)
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The Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China. It inhabits high-elevation spruce forests in China and feeds nocturnally on young shoots, leaves, and pine nuts. It nests in trees but does not hibernate. Its litter size averages two.[2]
References
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- ^ Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Petaurista xanthotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ Smith, A. and Xie, Y. (2008). The Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
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