Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
A small nocturnal squirrel of deciduous and mixed forests in the eastern United States, often nesting in tree cavities or old woodpecker holes. It feeds on nuts, seeds, fungi, fruit, insects, and occasionally eggs or carrion. A furred membrane between its wrists and ankles lets it glide between trees, steering with its limbs and flattened tail. Despite the name, it does not truly fly; it can make controlled glides of more than 25 meters.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- ?
- Southern Flying Squirrel