Woolly flying squirrels

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WOOLLY FLYING SQUIRRELS



Species name-

NEW-

  1. EUPETAURUS TIBETINESIS (Tibetan woolly flying squirrel discovered in 2021 in Tibet)
  2. Eupetaurus nivamons ( Yunnan woolly flying squirrel discovered in 2021 China) 
OLd-

  • Eupetaurus cinereus(discoveted in 1994. in Pakistan) 

Two woolly flying squirrels species were discovered by the scientists from Australia and China in May 2021.

Key features: 

  • the woolly flying squirrels could be over 3feet long( exact 1100 MM)
  • Weight could be over 2.5 kg.
  • They live at altitude up to 4,800m( more than half of the height of Mount Everest) in areas of uninhabited by the people.
  • They are the rarest animal in the world. 
  • These are some of the largest squirrels in the world
  • They are very gorgeous(shandaar) soft furred squirrels.
  • Location:

  • They live on the top of the world in the Himalayas such as:
    • Northern Pakistan, 
    • North-western India particularly Uttarakhand, 
    • South-central Tibet, 
    • Northern Sikkim,  
    • western bhutan,
    • And North western Yunnan, China .
Threat: Eupetaurus cinereus is threatened by habitate loss, owing to large scale clear cutting of forests particularly destruction of high-elevation pine woodlands.


Reference -

https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab018/6287636

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