Eupetaurus nivamons
Li Quan, Jiang Xuelong, S. M. Jackson, & K. M. Helgen in S. M. Jackson, Li Quan, Wan Tao, Li Xueyou, Yu Fahong, Gao Ge, He Likun, K. M. Helgen, & Jiang Xuelong, 2021
Yunnan Woolly Flying Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Sciurinae |
| Tribe | : Pteromyini |
| Genus | : Eupetaurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Jackson, S.M., Li, Q., Wan, T., Li, X.-y., Yu, F.-h., Gao, G., He, L.-k., Helgen, K.M. and Jiang, X.-l. 2021-05-31. Across the great divide: revision of the genus Eupetaurus (Sciuridae: Pteromyini), the woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(2):502-526.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab018Original name as described
Eupetaurus nivamons
Type material
KIZ 034190
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Biluo Snow Mountain, behind the village of Nageluo (娜格洛) (27°53′23.54″N, 98°45′43.90″E), Bangdang Township (棒当乡), Gongshan County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China."
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · Myanmar?
Taxonomy notes
recently described based on populations previously attributed to E. cinereus
Taxonomy notes citation
Jackson, S. M., Li, Q., Wan, T., Li, X. Y., Yu, F. H., & Gao, G. (2021). Across the great divide: revision of the genus Eupetaurus (Sciuridae, Pteromyini), woolly flying squirrels of the Himalayan region, with the description of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlab018.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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