The southern flying squirrel is smaller than the northern, and is approximately 210-255 mm (8.3-10.0 in) in length ... Beechnuts, acorns, hickory nuts, and other large seeds which southern flying ...

The finding of the species, part of the extinct Miopetaurista genus of flying squirrel, was “puzzling” to scientists, who published their research on the fossil discovery in the Journal of ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A giant flying squirrel fossil was found by the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) announced Monday.

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A giant flying squirrel fossil was found by the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) announced Monday. Joshua Samuels, the head ...

About 5 million years ago, a giant flying squirrel, the size of a cat, glided over the forests of what is now Tennessee, alongside rhinos and mastodons. This unexpected discovery sheds light on ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A giant flying squirrel fossil was found by the Gray Fossil Site and Museum, East Tennessee State University (ETSU) announced Monday. Joshua Samuels, the head ...

5. Flying squirrel. When you think of flying animals, it’s likely that birds and bats come to mind before flying squirrels – animals in the tribe Pteromyini. There are 50 different species and are all ...

Flying squirrels (tribe Pteromyini)) have large skin flaps ... Did they optimize the flying parameters of non-squirrel version too? Report comment. Reply. Shara says: May 6, 2025 at 5:15 am ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...

An ancient species of giant flying squirrel was found in a sinkhole lake fossil site in eastern Tennessee. Photo by Dan Meyers via Unsplash Scientists had an idea of what prehistoric Appalachia ...