Mebo giant flying squirrel explained

The Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was first described in 2013 from the East Himalayan forests of Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh in India.^[1]

It is one of the three recently discovered flying squirrel species of Arunachal Pradesh, along with the Mishmi giant flying squirrel and Mechuka giant flying squirrel.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. J.L. Koprowski, E.A. Goldstein, K.R. Bennett, C. Pereira Mendes: Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista mishmiensis. In: Don E. Wilson, T.E. Lacher Jr., Russell A. Mittermeier (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Lagomorphs and Rodents 1. (HMW, Band 6) Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2016,, S. 772.
2. Choudhury, A.U. . 2007 . A new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link from Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India . Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. In NE India . 7 . 26–32 .
3. Choudhury, A.U. . 2009 . One more new flying squirrel of the genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India . Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. In NE India . 8 . 26–34 .
4. Choudhury, A.U. . 2013 . Descriptions of a new species of giant flying squirrel of genus Petaurista Link, 1795 from Siang basin, Arunachal Pradesh in North East India . Newsletter and Journal of the Rhino Foundation for Nat. In NE India . 9 . 30–38 .