BHUTAN GIANT FLYING SQUIRREL || Wildlife documentary in 4K HD || BHUTAN- 2021

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This species lives in Himalayan forests and it is one of the largest flying squirrels. Like other flying squirrels, it is mainly nocturnal and able to glide long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel has a narrow range in the Himalayas where restricted to central and eastern Nepal, Bhutan and the Indian states of Sikkim, far northern West Bengal and western and central Arunachal Pradesh. It might occur in Tibet in China, but this remains unconfirmed.

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel is one of the largest flying squirrels with a head-and-body length of about 35–69 cm, a tail length of 38–61.5 cm and a total length of up to c. 127 cm.

The natural habitats of the Bhutan giant flying squirrel are substropical forests, temperate broadleaf forests, rhododendron forests and coniferous forests.

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel is mainly threatened by habitat loss and degradation. To a lesser degree it is threatened by hunting for bushmeat and its pelt, and capture for the local pet trade. The IUCN recognises the species as near threatened but almost qualifying for vulnerable, It occurs in several reserves.

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