Petaurista nobilis (Gray, 1842) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 10:263.

TYPE LOCALITY: " India, Dargellan" [Darjeeling] .

DISTRIBUTION: C Nepal, Sikkim (India), Bhutan.

SYNONYMS: chrysotrix (Hodgson, 1844); singhei Saha, 1977.

COMMENTS: Formerly included in magnificus; elevated to specific rank by Ghose and Saha (1981:95) and Corbet and Hill (1992).