Eoglaucomys fimbriatus (Gray 1837)

[Sciuropterus] fimbriatus Gray 1837, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 1: 584.

Type Locality: " India." Restricted by Robinson and Kloss (1918 a:184) to "Western Himalayas," and by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1955:468) to Simla, Punjab .

Vernacular Names: Kashmir Flying Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Eoglaucomys fimbriatus subsp. fimbriatus Gray 1837

Subspecies Eoglaucomys fimbriatus subsp. baberi Blyth 1847

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.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as E. fimbriatus and as Hypopetes baberi .

Discussion: Genus included in Hylopetes by Ellerman (1947 a) but see Thorington et al. (1996). Subspecies baberi elevated to specific status by Chakraborty (1981), but see Thorington et al. (1996).