The Afghan flying squirrel (''Eoglaucomys fimbriatus baberi'') is a subspecies of

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in the family

Sciuridae Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae (), a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrel ...

. It is

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Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

Biology

The Afghan flying squirrel is not considered to be threatened to become an

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because it is widely distributed, it has a large population, and the population is not declining fast enough. The only threats that affect the Afghan flying squirrel are selective logging, modernization, hunting for the fur trade. It has a

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of approximately 4 to 5 years, and it has up to two litters annually. It usually has 2 to 4 young.

Location

The Afghan flying squirrel is known to be found in montane coniferous forests. The Afghan flying squirrel is native to the following countries: *Afghanistan *India *Pakistan

References

Notes

* Baillie, J. 1996.
Hylopetes baberi

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 29 July 2007. * Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in ''Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Mammals of Afghanistan Hylopetes Endemic fauna of Afghanistan Mammals described in 1847 Taxa named by Edward Blyth Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Squirrel-stub