| Western woolly flying squirrel | |
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| Illustration by Richard Lydekker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Eupetaurus |
| Species: | E. cinereus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eupetaurus cinereus Thomas, 1888
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The western woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) is a species of very large flying squirrel in the genus Eupetaurus. It is native to northern Pakistan and northwestern India. It was long considered the only species in the genus until the description of two other species in 2021.[2] Until recently, scientific knowledge of this rare species was limited to 11 skins collected in the late nineteenth century. However, recent research has confirmed that it remains in Kashmir. It is among the longest members of the family Sciuridae, and one of the biggest gliding animals known. Observations confirm that despite its size, it does glide effectively, like other flying squirrels.
- ^ Krishna, M.; Ferguson, A. (2021). "Eupetaurus cinereus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T8269A22251841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T8269A22251841.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Jackson, Stephen M; Li, Quan; Wan, Tao; Li, Xue-You; Yu, Fa-Hong; Gao, Ge; He, Li-Kun; Helgen, Kristofer M; Jiang, Xue-Long (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. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab018. ISSN 0024-4082.