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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.
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Southern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys volans The flying squirrel does not truly fly, but glides through the air, up to 80 yards or more, from the top of one tree down to the trunk of another.
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Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
No photo of the Southern Flying Squirrel available.
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Southern flying squirrel - GLAUCOMYS VOLANS
Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia)
Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria)
Order: Gnawing Mammals (Rodentia)
Family: Sciuridae.
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Southern Flying SquirrelAmerican Flying SquirrelFamily: Sciuridae "Tinkerbell" Photo Courtesy: Kym Johnson ...
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Southern flying squirrelGlaucomys 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'.
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SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRRELA 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.
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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 squirrels feed on mast from trees such as red and white oak, hickory and beech. They store food, especially acorns, for winter consumption.
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Southern flying squirrels are found mainly in southern Minnesota hardwood forests, while the northern sub-species occurs in northern Minnesota forests. Nearly all flying squirrels nest in cavities in older trees, such as woodpecker holes.
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Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) Â- Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) Hylopetes ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Eggs and chicks are vulnerable to chipmunks, raccoons, Blue Jays, American Crows, black rat snakes, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common Grackles, southern flying squirrels, gray squirrels, least weasels, white-footed mice, domestic cats, Great Horned Owls, ...
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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.
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Fieldwork focusing on the nesting and population ecology of golden mice ( Ochrotomys nuttalli ) and white-footed mice ( Peromyscus leucopus ) including: trapping, handling, marking, and sexing of mice and southern flying squirrels ...
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 See also: Flying Squirrel, Squirrel, Fox, Deer, Beaver
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