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The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America. [2] [3] They are found in coniferous and mixed coniferous forests across much of Canada, from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to the mountains of North Carolina and west to Utah in the United States.
A northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) gliding. Flying squirrels are not capable of flight like birds or bats; instead, they glide between trees. They are capable of obtaining lift within the course of these flights, with flights recorded to 90 metres (300 ft).
Family: Sciuridae. White-tailed antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus); Northern flying squirrel (Gluacomys sabrinus); Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris); Alpine chipmunk (Neotamias alpinus)
Southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans Southern flying squirrel. Distribution: southern Maine, all but northernmost New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Subspecies: Glaucomys volans volans according to Hall (1981) and Whitaker and Hamilton (1998).
A few other mammals can glide or parachute; the best known are flying squirrels and flying lemurs. Flying squirrels (subfamily Petauristinae). There are more than 40 living species divided between 14 genera of flying squirrel. Flying squirrels are found in Asia (most species), North America (genus Glaucomys) and Europe (Siberian flying squirrel).
Golden-mantled ground squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis, c Northern flying squirrel , Glaucomys sabrinus , u American red squirrel , Tamiasciurus hudsonicus , a
Flying squirrel in flight. Southern flying squirrels have grey-brown fur on top with darker flanks and are a cream colored underneath. They have large dark eyes and flattened tails. They have a furry membrane called a patagium that extends from the front to the rear legs and is used to glide through the air. Total length (including tail) is 21 ...
Squirrels are generally small animals, ranging in size from the African pygmy squirrel and least pygmy squirrel at 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in total length and just 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz) in weight, [8] [9] to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at up to 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in total length, [10] and several marmot species, which can weigh 8 kg ...