Petaurista xanthotis (Milne-Edwards, 1872) . Rech. Hist. Nat. Mammifères, p. 301.

TYPE LOCALITY: Moupin [= Baoxing, Sichuan, China] .

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of W China (Sichuan, Yunnan, E Tibet, Gansu).

SYNONYMS: buechneri Matschie, 1907; filchnerinae Matschie, 1907.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in leucogenys; but see Corbet and Hill (1992).