Southern Flying Squirrel
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Southern Flying Squirrel
American Flying Squirrel
Family: Sciuridae ...
Southern Flying Squirrel
Relatives in same Genus
Northern Flying Squirrel (G. sabrinus) ...
HABITAT: Southern flying squirrels prefer mature hardwood forests but are found in most forested habitats. Woodpecker holes are favored nesting sites for the southern flying squirrel, but they may build a summer nest of leaves, twigs, and bark.
Southern flying squirrel
Glaucomys volans
A small, gliding squirrel from North America.
Meaning of scientific name
Glaucomys': from Greek 'glaukos' meaning 'grey' and 'mys' meaning 'mouse'; 'Volans': from the Latin 'volare' meaning 'flying'.
Southern Flying Squirrel
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Glaucomys volans - left (with G. sabrinus); G. volans' belly hairs are white at base and tip
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SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL
A flying squirrel does not fly in the true sense of the word. It does not have wings to power itself through the air like a bird.
The Southern Flying Squirrel, Glaucomys volans, is found in wooded areas statewide except the Keys. It is buff brown to gray with a white underside, large eyes, and a broad, flat 3.5-5" tail. It is 8-10" long.
Removes southern flying squirrels from the list of animals that can be possessed under this license because the statutory authority for this license only allows game or furbearing mammals (which are defined by statute) and non-migratory game birds to ...
Other possible predators of eggs and nestlings include other snakes, southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans), Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii), and sharp-shinned hawks (A. striatus) [5,31].
southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans volans)
southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans saturatus)
southern short-tailed shrew (Blarina carilonensis carilonensis)
southwestern mink (Mustela vison vison) ...
There are two species of flying squirrels in Minnesota, the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), and the northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus). Flying squirrels do not fly, but glide from one perch to another.
Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans
Woodchuck Marmota monax
Gray Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
Fox Squirrel Sciurus niger
Franklin's Ground Squirrel Spermophilus franklinii
Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma ...
Florida is home to three species of squirrels, the eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carlinensis), the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger), and the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans). The most common in urban areas is the eastern gray squirrel.
Glaucomys volans (Southern flying squirrel)
Hystrix cristata (Crested Porcupine)
Lemmus lemmus (Norway lemming)
Marmota marmota (Alpine Marmot)
Marmota monax (Woodchuck, Groundhog, Land Beaver, Whistlepig)
Mus musculus (House mouse) ...
Northern flying squirrels are about 8 inches (20 cm) long (plus a 6 inch (15 cm) long tail. Southern flying squirrels are smaller and more aggressive than Northern flying squirrels.
In degraded forests, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker is more susceptible to predation and to competition with other woodpecker species like the Red-bellied Woodpecker. Rat snakes, corn snakes, southern flying squirrels, screech owls, ...
 See also: Flying Squirrel, Squirrel, Fox, Deer, Beaver
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