Kashmir flying squirrel
Kashmir flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Sciurinae |
Tribe: | Pteromyini |
Subtribe: | Glaucomyina |
Genus: | Eoglaucomys A. H. Howell, 1915 |
Species: | E. fimbriatus |
Binomial name | |
Eoglaucomys fimbriatus (Gray, 1837) | |
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. It is found in India and Pakistan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ Molur, S. (2008). Eoglaucomys fimbriatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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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