Biology:Kashmir flying squirrel

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Short description: Species of rodent

Kashmir flying squirrel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Eoglaucomys
A. H. Howell, 1915
Species:
E. fimbriatus
Binomial name
Eoglaucomys fimbriatus
(Gray, 1837)
Subspecies

Eoglaucomys fimbriatus fimbriatus
Eoglaucomys fimbriatus baberi

Synonyms

Sciuropterus fimbriatus Gray, 1837
Hylopetes 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

  1. Molur, S. (2008). "Eoglaucomys fimbriatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/7781/0. 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.

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