{"id":332159,"date":"2025-04-08T16:36:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332159"},"modified":"2025-04-09T18:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:49:19","slug":"woolly-flying-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/woolly-flying-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Woolly flying squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Wildlife Wing of the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department (HPFD) has successfully captured the first-ever photograph of the elusive Woolly Flying Squirrel in the Miyar Valley of Lahaul and Spiti district. <strong>Woolly flying squirrel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Woolly Flying Squirrel<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 513px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/FGDbV5zVgAEEls0.jpg?resize=513%2C342&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woolly Flying Squirrel\" width=\"513\" height=\"342\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: animalia life club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is one of the rarest and least known mammals in Asia.<\/li>\n<li>It belongs to the genus <em>Eupetaurus<\/em> in the family Sciuridae.<\/li>\n<li>It is the largest and heaviest of all gliding mammals and is known for its unique appearance and elusive nature.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Native: <\/strong>They are native to parts of Asia, particularly in the mountainous regions of northern Pakistan, including the Diamer and Gilgit districts.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>endemic\u00a0<\/strong>to the<strong> northwestern Himalayas.\u00a0<\/strong>They are also possibly found in northern India, especially in Sikkim, and other nearby countries.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical features:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It possesses elastic membranes on each side of its body that connect the forelimbs to the hind limbs.<\/li>\n<li>Its body is covered with a dense layer of straight, silky fur.<\/li>\n<li>The upper side (dorsal pelage) displays a blue-gray hue, while the underside is a pale gray.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This species is <strong>nocturnal<\/strong>, meaning it is active during the night and rests during the day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List:<\/strong>\u00a0Endangered<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Wildlife Wing of the Himachal Pradesh Forest Department (HPFD) has successfully captured the first-ever photograph of the elusive Woolly Flying Squirrel in the Miyar Valley of Lahaul and Spiti district. Woolly flying squirrel. About Woolly Flying Squirrel It is one of the rarest and least known mammals in Asia. It belongs to the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/woolly-flying-squirrel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Woolly flying squirrel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":332343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11834],"tags":[11872,10645,12055],"class_list":["post-332159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-species-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-deccan-herald","tag-knolls","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FGDbV5zVgAEEls0.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}