Hylopetes baberi (Blyth, 1847) . J. As. Soc. Bengal, 16:866.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Mountain districts of Nijrow," [Kohistan, Afghanistan].

DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of EC and NW Afghanistan, between 1,600 and 3,500 m; Kashmir.

COMMENTS: Formerly considered a subspecies of fimbriatus (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:468), but elevated to specific status by Chakraborty (1981).