The tail is horizontally (dorso-ventrally) flattened, the long hairs forming nearly parallel sides and a rounded tip. The general color of the upper portions of the body, head and tail of the southern ...

Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...

In particular, southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans). We actually have two species of flying squirrel in the U.S., the northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel. The ...

Almost half of flying squirrel species, such as the southern flying squirrel in North and Central America and the Javanese flying squirrel of Southeast Asia, have stable populations. Their elusive ...

Gracefully gliding between trees at night in search of a feast of truffles, the San Bernardino flying squirrel is one of the most distinctive nocturnal residents of Southern California's ...

New York is home to beautiful nature including an interesting type of nest that you may not notice on a regular basis.

To date, 122 flying squirrels have been trapped, 22 of each species collared. “It’s not as simple as they overlap or they don’t. There are a lot of different scales,” Joyce said. Southern ...