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.
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Original name as described
Eupetaurus tibetensis
Type material
RMNH.MAM.19524
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"'vicinity of Gyantse Town', Tibet (= Xizang), " China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Bhutan · China · India · Nepal
Distribution references
Jamtsho, Y., Dendup, P., Wangdi, L., Dorji, R., Dorji, R. and Tshering, B. 2022. First confirmed record of a woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus sp.) in Bhutan. Journal of Vertebrate Biology 71(22007):1-6. doi:10.25225/jvb.22007 · Subba, S.A., Pokharel, D., Shrestha, S., Acharya, H.B., Gurung, G.S., Poudel, S. and Thapa, K. 2026. First record of the Tibetan Woolly Flying Squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis Jackson et al., 2021 (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Pteromyini), from eastern Nepal. Check List 22(2):291-296. doi:10.15560/22.2.291
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., He, L.-k., Helgen, K.M. and Jiang, X.-l. 2021. 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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab018
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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