Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas 1888

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 767

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Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas 1888 , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 57: 258.

Type Locality: "Gilgit [Valley],...about 6000 feet " [ Pakistan, 1829 m].

Vernacular Names: Woolly Flying Squirrel.

Distribution: High elevations from N Pakistan and Kashmir to Sikkim ( India) to Tibet and possibly Yunnan ( China; Agrawal and Chakraborty, 1970).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by McKenna (1962). In 1994, the first specimen to be found in "...over a century..." was obtained in the Gilgit district ( Zahler, 1996).