Eupetaurus cinereus is a chordate, or more specifically a mammal, in the Sciuridae family.

Eupetaurus cinereus is commonly known (its common name) as the Woolly Flying Squirrel in English.

Eupetaurus cinereus is classified as endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Eupetaurus cinereus's population trend was unknown at last assessment.

Species Authority: The species authority, or the name(s) of scientist(s) or person(s) who first described Eupetaurus cinereus is Thomas, 1888 (IUCN Red List).

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Country Distribution: Eupetaurus cinereus is found in the following countries:

India, Pakistan (IUCN Red List).

Biome(s)/Ecosystem(s): IUCN lists the following as biomes for Eupetaurus cinereus: Terrestrial (IUCN Red List).

Major Habitat(s): 1.4 Forest - Temperate
6 Rocky Areas (IUCN Red List).

CONSERVATION STATUS

Red List Category & Criteria: Eupetaurus cinereus is listed as EN A2ce, B1+2cd, C2a ver 2.3 (1994) (IUCN Red List).

Year Assessed: Eupetaurus cinereus's status was assessed in 1996 (IUCN Red List).

Assessor: Eupetaurus cinereus's Red List status was evaluated by Amori, G. (IUCN Red List).

Threats: 1 (Wikipedia).

Data Sources for IUCN data: The following is a list of citations from the IUCN web site for Eupetaurus cinereus:

Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.

(IUCN Red List).

Links: IUCN Red List Profile for Eupetaurus cinereus (IUCN Red List).

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