Wildlife & Flora
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel
Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista elegans) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Nangethanti, Banthanti, Sinuwa.
- Scientific name
- Petaurista elegans
- Local name
- Rajpankhilokharke
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
They are more like gliding squirrels rather than flying ones. In between there appendages these guys have a thin base jumper like skin which allows them to cover larger distance between jumps. But no matter what they always go down and never up. The only way they can go uphill is through walking and gliding. They favor oak-rhododendron forests but are seldom seen because of their nocturnal nature.
