{"id":31815,"date":"2025-04-07T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T06:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31815"},"modified":"2025-04-16T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:31:37","slug":"woolly-flying-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/woolly-flying-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolly Flying Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Woolly Flying Squirrel Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The wildlife wing of Himachal Pradesh Forest Department (HPFD) recently captured the first-ever photographic evidence of the elusive Woolly Flying Squirrel at Miyar Valley in Lahaul and Spiti district.<\/p>\n<h2>About Woolly Flying Squirrel<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Woolly Flying Squirrel, also known as <strong>Western Woolly Flying Squirrel,<\/strong> is one of the rarest and <strong>least known mammals in Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>endemic <\/strong>to the<strong> northwestern Himalayas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scientific Name: Eupetaurus cinereus<\/li>\n<li>It is the sole species of the genus Eupetaurus.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It was long <strong>believed to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1994<\/strong> \u2014 nearly after seventy years.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It appears to live in a <strong>fragmented habitat<\/strong> within a very limited area in a <strong>thin elevational band of dry conifer woodland.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Woolly Flying Squirrel Distribution<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is native to <strong>northern Pakistan <\/strong>and <strong>northwestern India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Since 1994, specimens have been captured in the Sai Valley, Gorabad, and Balti Gali, all in northern Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Woolly Flying Squirrel Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Like other flying squirrels, it has <strong>elastic membranes on each side of the body connecting the fore and hind legs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The body is covered by a <strong>dense coat<\/strong> of straight, silky hairs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The<strong> dorsal pelage <\/strong>appears <strong>blue-gray,<\/strong> while the <strong>underside is pale gray <\/strong>in color.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Creamy white hairs cover the throat and ears, and dense, black fur covers the soles of the feet except for the naked, pinkish brown toe pads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Woolly Flying Squirrel Conservation Status<\/h2>\n<p>It is classified as <strong>\u2018Endangered\u2019 <\/strong>under the IUCN Red List.<\/p>\n<h2>Woolly Flying Squirrel FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Are woolly flying squirrels extinct?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It was long believed to be extinct until its rediscovery in 1994 \u2014 nearly after seventy years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. The Woolly Flying Squirrel is endemic to which region?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Northwestern Himalayas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is the IUCN Red List conservation status of the Woolly Flying Squirrel?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Endangered<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/himachal-pradesh\/first-photograph-of-rare-woolly-flying-squirrel-recorded-in-himachals-miyar-valley-3479851\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Woolly Flying Squirrel is one of Asia\u2019s rarest and least known mammals, known for its thick fur and gliding ability in remote mountainous forests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31816,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}