The giants squirrels have been known to scientists for almost 130 years - but was previously thought to be a single very rare species living mostly in remote valleys in Pakistan.
Australian Museum
Two new species of gigantic woolly flying squirrels discovered in the Himalayas
International team led by Australian scientistsProfessorKristofer Helgen and Dr Stephen Jackson and Chinese scientists Professor Xue-Long Jiang and Dr Quan Li
Sydney, 31 May, 2021: High in the Himalayan Mountains lives one of the world’s rarest mammals, the woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus). This beautiful squirrel is more than a 1 meter (3 feet) long, weighs 2.5 kg (5 pounds), and spends its life gliding through mountain forests. Though known to scientists for almost 130 years, it was previously thought to be a single very rare species living mostly in remote valleys in Pakistan.