Petaurista alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870 Petaurista alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 70: 342. Type Locality: Moupin [= Baoxing, Sichuan, China]. Vernacular Names: Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel. Subspecies:: Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. alborufus Milne-Edwards 1870 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. castaneus Thomas 1923 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. lena Thomas 1907 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. leucocephalus Hilzheimer 1905 Subspecies Petaurista alborufus subsp. ochraspis Thomas 1923 Distribution: Taiwan, S and C China. Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Includes lena, which was treated as a separate species by Kuntz and Ming (1970); see Jones (1975). Provisionally includes pectoralis (Corbet and Hill, 1992). Reviewed from the literature by Day (1988). Subspecies provisionally recognized by Corbet and Hill (1992). Chromosomes described by Oshida et al. (1993).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 770, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535