Particolored flying squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Particolored flying squirrel

| image = Particolored flying squirrel.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Duckworth, J.W. |author2=Tizard, R.J. |author3=Molur, S. |date=2016 |title=Hylopetes alboniger |volume=2016 |page=e.T10600A22244563 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T10600A22244563.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Hylopetes

| species = alboniger

| authority = (Hodgson, 1836)

| synonyms =

| range_map = Range_Hylopetes_alboniger.png

}}

The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel (Priapomys leonardi) was formerly considered a subspecies of H. alboniger, but phylogenetic analysis revealed that it occupies a completely different place in the taxonomy of flying squirrels, and it as thus classified as a distinct species in its own genus.{{Cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Quan|last2=Cheng|first2=Feng|last3=Jackson|first3=Stephen M.|last4=Helgen|first4=Kristofer M.|last5=Song|first5=Wen-Yu|last6=Liu|first6=Shao-Ying|last7=Sanamxay|first7=Daosavanh|last8=Li|first8=Song|last9=Li|first9=Fei|last10=Xiong|first10=Yun|last11=Sun|first11=Jun|date=2021-07-18|title=Phylogenetic and morphological significance of an overlooked flying squirrel (Pteromyini, Rodentia) from the eastern Himalayas with the description of a new genus|journal=Zoological Research|language=en|volume=42|issue=4|pages=389–400|doi=10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.039|issn=2095-8137|pmc=8317177|pmid=34047079}}