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Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae. Despite their name, they are not in fact capable of full flight in the same way as birds or bats , but they are able to glide from one tree to another with the aid of a patagium , a furred skin membrane that ...
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.
The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels). It is found in a wide variety of forest–types, plantations and more open habitats with scattered trees in Southeast Asia, ranging north to the Himalayas and southern and central China.
Flying squirrels do not actually fly, but rather glide using a membrane called a patagium. [9] [10] From atop trees, flying squirrels can initiate glides from a running start [10] or from a stationary position by bringing their limbs under the body, retracting their heads, and then propelling themselves off the tree.
Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. [2] This large flying squirrel lives in Himalayan forests in Asia. Like other flying squirrels, it is nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs.
The Namdapha flying squirrel is endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. [1] It inhabits tall Mesua ferrea jungles, often on hill slopes in the drainage basin area of Dihing River, particularly on the western slope of Patkai range in northeastern India. [3] [4] In April 2022, a putative Namdapha flying squirrel was recorded in Arunachal ...
The western woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) is a species of very large flying squirrel in the genus Eupetaurus. It is native to northern Pakistan and northwestern India . It was long considered the only species in the genus until the description of two other species in 2021. [ 2 ]
The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. [1] [4] It is found in hill and mountain forests at altitudes of 200–4,000 m (660–13,120 ft) in Southeast Asia north to central China and the east Himalayan region, [1] although the northern populations sometimes are regarded as separate ...