Petaurista leucogenys (Temminck, 1827) . Monogr. Mamm., 1:27.

TYPE LOCALITY: " ...de forêts dans les provinces de Figo." Restricted by Kuroda (1938:50) to "Higo, Kiusiu" [Kyushu, Japan] .

DISTRIBUTION: Japan, except Hokkaido; Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan (China).

SYNONYMS: filchnerinae (Matschie, 1908); hintoni Mori, 1923; nikkonis Thomas, 1905; oreas Thomas, 1905; osiui Kuroda, 1938; pectoralis (Swinhoe, 1870); thomasi Kuroda and Mori, 1923 (not Hose, 1900); tosae Thomas, 1905; watasei Mori, 1927.

COMMENTS: Formerly included xanthotis, see Corbet (1978c:86). McKenna (1962) and Corbet and Hill (1991: 145) considered it distinct.