Ardila voladora de Taiwan
Petaurista lena Thomas, 1907
Also calledTaiwan-Riesengleithörnchen (deu) · 台灣白面鼯鼠 (zho) · 臺灣白面鼯鼠 (zho)
First described in: Thomas, Oldfield. 1907. A new flying squirrel from Formosa. 20: 522–523. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Being a Continuation of the 'Magazine of Botany and Zoology', and of Louden and Charlesworth's 'Magazine of Natural History', Series 7 20: 522-523.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel is nocturnal and arboreal.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Restricted to hardwood and coniferous forests at 1200 - 3750 m.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Densities range from 0 - 01 ind / ha in coniferous plantation to 0 - 29 ind / ha in hardwood habitat.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. Mating of the Taiwan Giant Flying Squirrel occurs in June.
Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Petaurista lena in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11156745.