These three squirrels are the only living members of the genus Glaucomys, a group otherwise known as the New World Flying Squirrels. There are 50 or so species of flying squirrels worldwide, but only three are native to North America: the northern flying squirrel ( Glaucomys sabrinus), southern flying squirrel ( Glaucomys volans) and Humboldt’s flying squirrel ( Glaucomys oregonensis).
Photo: Cephas (cropped / resized by ), CC BY-SA 4.0 North American Flying Squirrels Southern flying squirrel, one of the three species of flying squirrel found in North America. These extraordinary animals are all around us, but they live high up in the trees and are only active at night as a result, they’re rarely seen. If you hike through a forest in North America, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll walk through the territory of a flying squirrel.
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Instead these ingenious rodents glide from tree to tree, using a membrane of thick skin stretched between their arms and legs to slow and control their fall. Flying squirrels are true squirrels, but they don’t actually “fly”.
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