The nesting habits of the two species are similar except for the northern’s use of exposed nests which it builds in conifers or old bird’s nests, and inhibits chiefly in the summer. The diet is ...

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 ...

such as the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel, have two. The time of year for mating and birth depend on the species as well. Many are promiscuous, meaning that males and females mate with multiple ...

Females give birth and care for their young in maternal dens made in tree cavities or leaf nests. Babies are born hairless with closed ears and eyes, and eventually leave the nest at two months old.

Habitat loss, mining, logging, and introduced insect species pose additional threats to this squirrel and its habitat. POPULATION TREND: Although once common throughout their old-growth forest homes, ...

We actually have two species of flying squirrel in the U.S., the northern flying squirrel and the southern flying squirrel. The northern flyer is located in the extreme northern states ...

[Samm Sheperd] had an old squirrel cage fan taken from an electric ... but absurdly powerful for any manned flying machine. Does the plane work? Of course it does. [Samm] took his plane for ...

An endangered Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), indigenous to Sri Lanka, was found dead last week in a home-garden at Meewathura in Panideniya. Ecologist, Indika Paebotuwage found the ill ...

They're not called the “ninja of the forest” for nothing. When night falls, the Siberian flying squirrel glides through the air from tree to tree in the forests of Hokkaido. But when the ...