Chinese giant flying squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |last1=Smith |first1=A.T. |last2=Johnston |first2=C.H. |year=2016 |title=Petaurista xanthotis |volume=2016 |errata=2017 |page=e.T16725A115138662 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T16725A22272458.en |access-date=12 September 2024}}

| genus = Petaurista

| species = xanthotis

| authority = (A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

| range_map = Petaurista xanthotis distribution map.png

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The Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China. It inhabits high-elevation spruce forests in China and feeds nocturnally on young shoots, leaves, and pine nuts. It nests in trees but does not hibernate. Its litter size averages two.{{cite book|first1=Andrew T.|last1=Smith, A|first2=Yan|last2=Xie|year=2008|title=A Guide to the Mammals of China|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, New Jersey|isbn=9780691099842}}{{Page needed|date=September 2024}}