Red giant flying squirrel

The red giant flying squirrel is a species of flying squirrel.　This squirrel faces no particular threats apart from habitat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists it as a "least-concern species". The tail is long 42cm and provides stability when it glides between trees. It is a dark red color. The squirrel is found in South Asia, southern China and Southeast Asia, northern India and Pakistan, Java, and Taiwan. It eats fruits and nuts, and occasionally insects.

Red giant flying squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Petaurista
Species:	P. petaurista
Binomial name
Petaurista petaurista (Pallas, 1766)

Female giant red flying squirrels gives birth to 2-3 pups at a time. The pups are weaned at age 2.5 months, Females usually breed once a year.

This squirrel faces no particular threats apart from ongoing destruction of suitable habitat. However, the squirrel has been hunted for a long time in Japan

Red Giant Flying Squirrel Media

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  P. (p.) grandis with young on its chest

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  A flying squirrel

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  Gliding and perched P. (p.) albiventer, photographed in 1914–16 by Richard Hingston