Eupetaurus tibetensis
S. M. Jackson, K. M. Helgen, Li Quan, & Jiang Xuelong in S. M. Jackson, Li Quan, Wan Tao, Li Xueyou, Yu Fahong, Gao Ge, He Likun, K. M. Helgen, & Jiang Xuelong, 2021
Tibetan 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 tibetensis
Type material
RMNH.MAM.19524.a, RMNH.MAM.19524.b
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19524.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19524.bType locality
"'vicinity of Gyantse Town', Tibet (= Xizang)," China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China · India · Bhutan?
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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