Kashmir flying squirrel
Kashmir flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Genus: | Eoglaucomys A. H. Howell, 1915 |
Species: | E. fimbriatus
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Binomial name | |
Eoglaucomys fimbriatus (Gray, 1837)
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Subspecies | |
Eoglaucomys fimbriatus fimbriatus | |
Synonyms | |
Sciuropterus fimbriatus Gray, 1837 |
The Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Eoglaucomys.[citation needed] It is found in India and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Afghan flying squirrel is usually considered a subspecies.
References[]
- ^ Molur, S. (2008). "Eoglaucomys fimbriatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Flying squirrels
- Mammals of India
- Mammals of Pakistan
- Mammals described in 1837
- Squirrel stubs