The Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was first described in 2013 from the East Himalayan forests of Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh in India.J.L. Koprowski, E.A. Goldstein, K.R. Bennett, C. Pereira Mendes: Mebo Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista mishmiensis. In: Don E. Wilson, T.E. Lacher Jr., Russell A. Mittermeier (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Mammals of the World: Lagomorphs and Rodents 1. (HMW, Band 6) Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2016, , S. 772.
It is one of the three recently discovered flying squirrel species of Arunachal Pradesh, along with the Mishmi giant flying squirrel and Mechuka giant flying squirrel.
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