Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Phalangistidæ, including the larger flying-phalangers, as the taguan, P. taguanoides; the petaurists proper.

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  • noun very large Asiatic flying squirrels

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Examples

  • There are 11 species of monkey including anubis baboon Papio anubis, diana monkey Cercopithecus Diana (EN), green monkey Cercopithecus aethiops, mona monkey C. mona, lesser white-nosed monkey C. petaurista, white collared mangabey Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus, black and white colobus Colobus polykomos and chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (EN).

    Comoé National Park, Côte d'Ivoire 2009

  • Non-human primates are also diverse and include endemic subspecies of the Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana diana, EN), red colobus (Procolobus badius badius), lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista petaurista), and sooty mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus atys).

    Western Guinean lowland forests 2008

  • (_Pteromys petaurista_) -- an animal that sleeps all day and feeds at night

    Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore 1875

  • The species mentioned in the text may have been the sciurus petaurista of Linnaeus, the taguan, flying-cat, flying-hare, or Indian flying-squirrel of various authors.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784

  • The density of wild animals in the Valley is not high but all the animals found are nationally rare or endangered. 13 species of mammals are recorded for the Park and its vicinity although only 9 species have been sighted directly: common langur Presbytes entellus, flying squirrel Petaurista petaurista, Himalayan black bear Selenarctos thibetanus (VU), red fox Vulpes vulpes, Himalayan weasel Mustela sibirica, and Himalayan yellow marten Martes flavigula, goral Naemorhedus goral, Himalayan musk deer Moschus chrysogaste, Indian mouse deer Moschiola meminna, Himalayan thar Hemitragus jemlahicus (VU) and serow Capricornis sumatrensis (VU).

    Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park, India 2008

  • Other endemic and near-endemic mammals are Lowe’s subspecies of mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona lowei), the lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista petaurista), olive colobus (Procolobus verus), and royal antelope (Neotragus pygmaeus).

    Eastern Guinean forests 2007

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