Eoglaucomys fimbriatus

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Kashmir Flying Squirrel

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Sciurinae
Tribe : Pteromyini
Genus : Eoglaucomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Original name as described

Sciuroptera fimbriata

Other common names

Small Kashmir Flying Squirrel

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1937.6.10.55

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"India." Restricted by H. C. Robinson and C. B. Kloss in 1918 to Western Himalayas and by J. R. Ellerman and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott in 1955 to Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Afghanistan · Pakistan · India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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