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SPECIES Eoglaucomys fimbriatus

Author:Gray, 1837.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 1: 584.
Common Name:Kashmir Flying Squirrel
Type Locality:"India." Restricted by Robinson and Kloss (1918a:184) to "Western Himalayas," and by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1955:468) to Simla, Punjab.
Distribution:Kashmir and Punjab (India) east to Raniket, Uttar Pradesh (Pasha and Suhail, 1997) from 1800 to 3600 m, mountains of EC and NW Afghanistan, between 1,600 and 3,500 m.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as E. fimbriatus and as Hypopetes baberi.
Comments:Genus included in Hylopetes by Ellerman (1947a) but see Thorington et al. (1996). Subspecies baberi elevated to specific status by Chakraborty (1981), but see Thorington et al. (1996).
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SUBSPECIES fimbriatus

SUBSPECIES baberi

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