Tibetan Woolly Flying Squirrel

About this species

Range

South-central Tibet, northern Sikkim and western Bhutan

The Tibetan woolly flying squirrel is a very large flying squirrel found in the south-central Tibetan Plateau: south-central Tibet, northern Sikkim and western Bhutan. It differs from the western woolly flying squirrel in its saturated brown coat with a reddish tinge, and from the Yunnan woolly flying squirrel in its much longer black tail tip. It is thought to be the sister species of the Yunnan species (Wikipedia, general species account).

Although it has been known since 1879, so few specimens were collected that it remained undescribed until 2021, and it is known only from several historical specimens. The cached account gives no diet, behaviour or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)