Red-Giant Flying Squirrels - Petaurista petaurista

The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae . 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.. more