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    The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (Glaucomys volans) is one of three species of flying squirrel found in North America. It is found in deciduous...
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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...
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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. They...
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    – Humboldt's flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus – northern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans – southern flying squirrel Flying squirrels do not actually...
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    Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga; Japanese: ニホンモモンガ, Hepburn: Nihon momonga) is one of two species of Old World flying squirrels in the genus...
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    The Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) is a flying squirrel endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, where it is known from a single...
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    family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squirrels are indigenous to...
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  • Thumbnail for Siberian flying squirrel
    The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the...
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    giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is a very large, dark rufous-red, buff and white flying squirrel...
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  • The Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Eoglaucomys. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Japanese giant flying squirrel
    Japanese giant flying squirrel (ムササビ, musasabi, Petaurista leucogenys) is a species of flying squirrel, one of the giant flying squirrels in the genus Petaurista...
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    The complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The common...
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  • Thumbnail for Bhutan giant flying squirrel
    The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of...
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    The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel. It is endemic to Java and Bangka, Indonesia. The population is unknown...
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    The black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia...
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  • Thumbnail for Humboldt's flying squirrel
    Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America. The...
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    The smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Pteromyscus. It...
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  • Thumbnail for Basilan flying squirrel
    The Basilan flying squirrel (Philippines flying squirrel or Mindanao flying squirrel) (Petinomys crinitus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae...
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    of squirrels (in the family Sciuridae), uniting the flying squirrels with certain related tree squirrels. Older sources place the flying squirrels in...
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  • Animal life includes raccoons, opossums, squirrels (including the relatively rare southern flying squirrel), nuthatches, and chickadees. The Carolinian...
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  • flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) is a flying squirrel found in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of South India. Travancore flying squirrels were...
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    The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China...
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    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...
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    The groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is considered...
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    hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and...
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    World flying squirrels, the genus Pteromys is distributed across temperate Eurasia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Although there are a host of flying squirrel...
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  • volans – southern flying squirrel Sciurus Sciurus vulgaris – red squirrel Sciurus niger – fox squirrel Sciurus cinereus – Delmarva fox squirrel Sciurus...
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  • Thumbnail for Indochinese flying squirrel
    The Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei), also known as Phayre's flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found...
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    similar habitat is the slightly larger fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) and the much smaller southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans). More characteristic...
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    The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae...
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