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Flying Squirrel (Southern) | |||
Glaucomys volans | |||
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| What's it sound like? | Animal Sound 1
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| Identification | |||
Webbed skin from front to rear limbs allow for this tree squirrel to use gravity to glide from limb to limb over much longer distances than normally possible. Smaller overall size with whiter belly than the Northern Flying Squirrel. Body fur color is highly variable and eyes are relatively large for the size of the animal. Southern Flying Squirrels are nocturnal and more prevalent at lower elevations. Body spreads in the air to help the animals soar in the tree canopy up to distances of 90 meters. Landing mark on ground can sometime be spotted and is known as a “stizmark”. Similar tracks to red squirrels. | |||
| Description | |||
| Habitat preference is conifer forests near water. They do not hibernate like some squirrels. They live for 5-6 years in the wild and are known to nest in colonies during cold spells. Two litters of 1-6 pups are born annually after 40 day gestations. | |||
| Adjective: | sciurine | ||
| Family: | Sciuridae | ||
| Latin Name: | Glaucomys volans | ||
| Genus: | Glaucomys | ||
| Order: | Rodentia | ||
| Group: | dray, colony, nest | ||
| Other Names: | Flying Squirrel, Eastern Flying Squirrel | ||
| Weight: | 45-85 g | ||
| Total Length: | 200-250 mm | ||
| Tail Length: | 80-120 mm | Track Information | |
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| Max Print Length (CM): | 3.5 | ||
| Min Print Length (CM): | 3.5 | ||
| Max Print Width (CM): | 2.5 | ||
| Min Print Width (CM): | 1 | ||
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| Min Print Straddle (CM): | 10 | ||
| Print Size: | Small | ||
| Print Type: | Plantigrade | ||
| Track Notes: | Track Notes: Nails may be present in tracks. | ||