Petaurista magnifiais (Hodgson, 1836) . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:231.

TYPE LOCALITY: "central and Northern regions of Nipâl" [Nepal] .

DISTRIBUTION: Tibet (China), Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim (India).

SYNONYMS: hodgsoni Ghose and Saha, 1981.

COMMENTS: Formerly included nobilis (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1966:464); but also see Ghose and Saha (1981:95).