38. Petaurista elegans (Müller, 1840)

Common name: Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam and Northern Myanmar (recorded in Proposed Imawbum NP and widely distributed).

Remarks: Eight subspecies are recognized: P. e. elegans and P. e. sybilla are considered as the subspecies that distributed in Chin Hills and Northern Myanmar (Jackson and Thorington 2012; Tun Yin 1993).