Skip to content

Data Portal

Explore and download the Museum’s research and collections data.
  1. Home
  2. Data
  3. Collection specimens
  4. Specimens
  5. 1879.11.21.531

1879.11.21.531

Classification
Scientific name: Petaurista elegans
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Genus: Petaurista
Species: elegans
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Petauristinae
Location
Locality: Nepal
Country: Nepal
Continent: Asia
Higher geography: Asia; Nepal
Collection event
Collection date: 20 / 9 / 1835
Identification
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Petaurista elegans Yes
Sciuropterus caniceps Gray, 1842 No
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1879.11.21.531
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3596971
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: male
Life stage: juvenile
Record
Occurrence ID: 821e6cb2-0c2d-4592-9e3d-fa708d3fff59
Modified: 2021-02-03T06:56:33+00:00
Created: 2007-05-27T21:24:38+00:00

Cite this as

We track changes to records and therefore you have a choice of citation options:

To cite the most up to date record data use the Latest URL.

Or to cite this specific version of a record's data, ensuring any followers of the link see the same data every time they visit the link, use the Version URL.

Version Permanent URL for this version of the record data:

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/821e6cb2-0c2d-4592-9e3d-fa708d3fff59/1790672485484

Retrieved: 30 Sep 2026 01:56:07 (UTC)

Latest Permanent URL for the most up to date record data:

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/821e6cb2-0c2d-4592-9e3d-fa708d3fff59

Retrieved: 30 Sep 2026 01:56:07 (UTC)

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library icon Biodiversity Heritage Library 
Catalogue of Life icon Catalogue of Life 
GBIF icon GBIF 
LA Discovery Layer icon LA Discovery Layer 

Additional Information

Created 2007-05-27T21:24:38+00:00
Last updated 2021-02-03T06:56:33+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb