Flying squirrel, the Glossary

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1. 127 relations: Aeretes, Afghan flying squirrel, Air brake (aeronautics), Airfoil, Anomalure, Arboreal locomotion, Arrow flying squirrel, Bartel's flying squirrel, Basilan flying squirrel, Bat, Belomys, Bhutan giant flying squirrel, Bird, Biswamoyopterus, Black flying squirrel, Bobcat, Borneo, Bud, Cartilage, China, Chinese giant flying squirrel, Colugo, Complex-toothed flying squirrel, Convergent evolution, Coyote, Eocene, Eupetaurus, Europe, Family (biology), Feral cat, Finland, Fisher (animal), Flower, Fluorescence, Flying and gliding animals, Fruit, Fungus, Gastropoda, Gliding flight, Gliding possum, Groove-toothed flying squirrel, Hagen's flying squirrel, Hairy-footed flying squirrel, Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel, Hodgson's giant flying squirrel, Hose's pygmy flying squirrel, Humboldt's flying squirrel, Hylopetes, India, Indian giant flying squirrel, ... Expand index (77 more) »

2. Extant Rupelian first appearances
3. Flying squirrels
4. Gliding animals
5. Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt

Aeretes

Aeretes is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the groove-toothed flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus). Flying squirrel and Aeretes are flying squirrels.

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Afghan flying squirrel

The Afghan flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus baberi) is a subspecies of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Air brake (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, air brakes or speed brakes are a type of flight control surface used on an aircraft to increase the drag on the aircraft.

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Airfoil

An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.

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Anomalure

The Anomaluridae are a family of rodents found in central Africa.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Arrow flying squirrel

The arrow flying squirrel (Hylopetes sagitta) is a species of flying squirrel.

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Bartel's flying squirrel

The Bartel's flying squirrel (Hylopetes bartelsi) is a rodent species in the family Sciuridae endemic to West Java, Indonesia.

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Basilan flying squirrel

The Basilan flying squirrel (Philippines flying squirrel or Mindanao flying squirrel) (Petinomys crinitus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Belomys

Belomys is a genus of squirrels that contains a single extant species, the hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii). Flying squirrel and Belomys are flying squirrels.

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Bhutan giant flying squirrel

The Bhutan giant flying squirrel (Petaurista nobilis), also known as the Gray's giant flying squirrel or noble giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Bird

Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Biswamoyopterus

Biswamoyopterus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and Biswamoyopterus are flying squirrels.

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Black flying squirrel

The black flying squirrel or large black flying squirrel (Aeromys tephromelas) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Borneo

Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.

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Bud

In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem.

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Cartilage

Cartilage is a resilient and smooth type of connective tissue.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Chinese giant flying squirrel

The Chinese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista xanthotis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Colugo

Colugos are arboreal gliding mammals that are native to Southeast Asia.

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Complex-toothed flying squirrel

The complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. Flying squirrel and complex-toothed flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Eupetaurus

Eupetaurus is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and Eupetaurus are flying squirrels.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Feral cat

A feral cat or a stray cat is an unowned domestic cat (Felis catus) that lives outdoors and avoids human contact; it does not allow itself to be handled or touched, and usually remains hidden from humans.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Fisher (animal)

The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States.

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Flower

A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).

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Fluorescence

Fluorescence is one of two kinds of emission of light by a substance that has absorbed light or other electromagnetic radiation.

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Flying and gliding animals

A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Flying squirrel and Flying and gliding animals are gliding animals.

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Fruit

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy).

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Fungus

A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Gastropoda

Gastropods, commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda.

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Gliding flight

Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. Flying squirrel and Gliding flight are gliding animals.

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Gliding possum

There are many different types of gliding possum, sometimes referred to as volplane possum, flying phalangers, or simply as gliders: Australian gliders.

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Groove-toothed flying squirrel

The groove-toothed flying squirrel or North Chinese flying squirrel (Aeretes melanopterus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and groove-toothed flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Hagen's flying squirrel

Hagen's flying squirrel (Petinomys hageni) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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The hairy-footed flying squirrel (Belomys pearsonii) is a flying squirrel found in the mountains of the eastern Himalaya, Southeast Asia, southern China, and the island of Taiwan. Flying squirrel and hairy-footed flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel

The Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel (Priapomys leonardi) is a species of flying squirrel found in southwestern Yunnan Province, China, and adjoining Myanmar. Flying squirrel and Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Hodgson's giant flying squirrel

Hodgson's giant flying squirrel (Petaurista magnificus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Hose's pygmy flying squirrel

The Hose's pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus hosei) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Humboldt's flying squirrel

Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America.

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Hylopetes

Hylopetes is a genus of flying squirrels. Flying squirrel and Hylopetes are flying squirrels.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian giant flying squirrel

The Indian giant flying squirrel (Petaurista philippensis), also called the large brown flying squirrel or the common giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Indochinese flying squirrel

The Indochinese flying squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei), also known as Phayre's flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Iomys

Iomys is a small genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and Iomys are flying squirrels.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japanese dwarf flying squirrel

The Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga; Japanese: ニホンモモンガ, Hepburn: Nihon momonga) is one of two species of Old World flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys.

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Japanese giant flying squirrel

The is a species of flying squirrel, one of the giant flying squirrels in the genus Petaurista.

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Javanese flying squirrel

The Javanese flying squirrel (Iomys horsfieldii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Jentink's flying squirrel

The Jentink’s flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus) is a species of squirrel native to Indonesia and Malaysia.

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Johann Friedrich von Brandt

Johann Friedrich von Brandt (25 May 1802 – 15 July 1879) was a German-Russian naturalist, who worked mostly in Russia.

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Kashmir flying squirrel

The Kashmir flying squirrel (Eoglaucomys fimbriatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and Kashmir flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Laotian giant flying squirrel

The Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis) is an arboreal, flying squirrel endemic to Laos.

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Large black flying squirrel

Large black flying squirrel (genus Aeromys) form a taxon of squirrels under the tribe Pteromyini.

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Lesser pygmy flying squirrel

The lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Malay Peninsula

The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Marten

A marten is a weasel-like mammal in the genus Martes within the subfamily Guloninae, in the family Mustelidae.

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Mebo giant flying squirrel

The Mebo giant flying squirrel (Petaurista siangensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Mechuka giant flying squirrel

The Mechuka giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mechukaensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Mentawi flying squirrel

The Mentawi flying squirrel (Iomys sipora) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Mindanao flying squirrel

The Mindanao flying squirrel (Petinomys mindanensis) is a common species of squirrel that is endemic to the Philippines.

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Miopetaurista

Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrel closely related to flying squirrels of today. Flying squirrel and Miopetaurista are flying squirrels.

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Mishmi giant flying squirrel

The Mishmi giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Monophyly

In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of taxa which meets these criteria.

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Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel

The Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis) is a species of large, arboreal flying squirrel endemic to highland forests in southwestern China.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Namdapha flying squirrel

The Namdapha flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus biswasi) is a flying squirrel endemic to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India, where it is known from a single zoological specimen collected in Namdapha National Park in 1981.

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New World flying squirrel

The three species of New World flying squirrels, genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Northern flying squirrel

The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America.

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Northern spotted owl

The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three spotted owl subspecies.

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Northland College (Wisconsin)

Northland College is a private college in Ashland, Wisconsin.

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Old World flying squirrel

Commonly referred to as the Old World flying squirrels, the genus Pteromys is distributed across temperate Eurasia, the Korean Peninsula and Japan.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Omnivore

An omnivore is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter.

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Owl

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Palawan flying squirrel

The Palawan flying squirrel or tapilak (Hylopetes nigripes) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Particolored flying squirrel

The particolored flying squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Patagium

The patagium (patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying.

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Petauridae

Petauridae is a family of possums containing 11 species: four species of trioks and striped possum (genus Dactylopsila), six species of wrist-winged glider (genus Petaurus), and Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri), which has only vestigial gliding membranes.

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Petaurista

Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and Petaurista are flying squirrels.

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Petinomys

Petinomys is a genus of flying squirrels. Flying squirrel and Petinomys are flying squirrels.

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Pygmy flying squirrel

Pygmy flying squirrels (Petaurillus) are a genus of flying squirrels. Flying squirrel and Pygmy flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Raccoon

The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.

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Red and white giant flying squirrel

The red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Red giant flying squirrel

The red giant flying squirrel or common giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae (squirrels).

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Red-cheeked flying squirrel

The red-cheeked flying squirrel (Hylopetes spadiceus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Sap

Sap is a fluid transported in xylem cells (vessel elements or tracheids) or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant.

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Seed

In botany, a seed is a plant embryo and food reserve enclosed in a protective outer covering called a seed coat (testa).

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Selangor pygmy flying squirrel

The Selangor pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus kinlochii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Siberian flying squirrel

The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east.

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Siberut flying squirrel

The Siberut flying squirrel (Petinomys lugens) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Sipora flying squirrel

The Sipora flying squirrel (Hylopetes sipora) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Small mammals as pets

The domestication of small mammals to keep as pets is a relatively recent development, arising only after large-scale industrialization.

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Smoky flying squirrel

The smoky flying squirrel (Pteromyscus pulverulentus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Flying squirrel and smoky flying squirrel are flying squirrels.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Southern flying squirrel

The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (Glaucomys volans) is one of three species of flying squirrel found in North America.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk.

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Spotted giant flying squirrel

The spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans), also known as the lesser giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.

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Sumatran flying squirrel

The Sumatran flying squirrel (Hylopetes winstoni) is a flying squirrel only found on the island of Sumatra.

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Temminck's flying squirrel

Temminck's flying squirrel (Petinomys setosus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Thomas's flying squirrel

Thomas's flying squirrel (Aeromys thomasi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Tibetan woolly flying squirrel

The Tibetan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus tibetensis) is a species of very large flying squirrel in the genus Eupetaurus.

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Travancore flying squirrel

Travancore flying squirrel (Petinomys fuscocapillus) is a flying squirrel found in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats of South India.

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Tree snake

Tree snake is a common name for several snakes and may refer to.

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Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.

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Vordermann's flying squirrel

Vordermann's flying squirrel (Petinomys vordermanni) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Western woolly flying squirrel

The western woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus cinereus) is a species of very large flying squirrel in the genus Eupetaurus.

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Whiskered flying squirrel

The whiskered flying squirrel (Petinomys genibarbis) is a species of flying squirrel.

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Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.

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Yunnan woolly flying squirrel

The Yunnan woolly flying squirrel (Eupetaurus nivamons) is a species of very large flying squirrel in the genus Eupetaurus.

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See also

Extant Rupelian first appearances

• Anatidae
• Basking shark
• Batrachoididae
• Buccinum undatum
• Buttonquail
• Calamus (fish)
• Cathaya
• Ciliopagurus
• Cornetfish
• Deer
• Diatomyidae
• Flying squirrel
• Ground squirrel
• Gundi
• Hemerocoetes
• Hummingbird
• Hymenocephalus (fish)
• Jacanidae
• Megadermatidae
• Mobula
• Mugil
• New World monkey
• Nycticorax
• Pelophylax
• Phasianidae
• Pici (taxon)
• Pipefish
• Polyipnus
• Pomfret
• Pontinus
• Procellariidae
• Psenes
• Sandpiper
• Scarus
• Sebastes
• Sillago
• Sloth
• Sternoptyx
• Stork
• Tapir
• Zenopsis

Flying squirrels

• Aeretes
• Aeromys
• Belomys
• Biswamoyopterus
• Complex-toothed flying squirrel
• Eupetaurus
• Flying squirrel
• Glaucomys
• Groove-toothed flying squirrel
• Hairy-footed flying squirrel
• Himalayan large-eared flying squirrel
• Hylopetes
• Iomys
• Kashmir flying squirrel
• Miopetaurista
• Petaurillus
• Petaurista
• Petinomys
• Pteromys
• Pygmy flying squirrel
• Smoky flying squirrel

Gliding animals

• Ambopteryx
• Anomalures
• Argentoconodon
• Ballooning (spider)
• Colugos
• Draco (genus)
• Draco (lizard)
• Draco spilonotus
• Eomys
• Exocoetidae
• Flying and gliding animals
• Flying fish
• Flying frog
• Flying squirrel
• Flying squirrels
• Gekko kuhli
• Gliding ant
• Gliding flight
• Gliding possums
• Holaspis
• Leptomantis
• Lift (soaring)
• Ommastrephinae
• Ozimek volans
• Ptychozoon
• Rhacophorus
• Sharovipterygidae
• Sharovipteryx
• Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis
• Sthenoteuthis pteropus
• Thoracopteridae
• Todarodinae
• Todaropsis eblanae
• Triconolestes
• Volaticotherini
• Volaticotherium
• Yi (dinosaur)

Taxa named by Johann Friedrich von Brandt

• Amur softshell turtle
• Aplodontiidae
• Armadillidium
• Armenian cochineal
• Aurelia hyalina
• Brandt's cormorant
• Brazilian yellow-toothed cavy
• Butterfly crab
• Chrysaora fuscescens
• Chrysaora helvola
• Chrysaora melanaster
• Colobognatha
• Cryptolithodes sitchensis
• Cucumaria miniata
• Flying squirrel
• Heterocentrotus
• Holochilus
• Horsehair crab
• Lagomorpha
• Macquarie shag
• Myomorpha
• Otospermophilus
• Pandalus hypsinotus
• Pandalus platyceros
• Paralithodes
• Paralithodes platypus
• Patiria miniata
• Phacellophora camtschatica
• Pisaster ochraceus
• Platyceps karelini
• Porcellionidae
• Psammophis lineolatus
• Red-cheeked ground squirrel
• Red-mantled rosefinch
• Russian sturgeon
• Sciuromorpha
• See-see partridge
• Siberian sturgeon
• Sminthidae
• Solenodon (genus)
• Spectacled eider
• Spermophilus brevicauda
• Staurostoma mertensii
• Synthliboramphus
• Thelenota
• Thysanoessa
• Zeravshan dace

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_squirrel

Also known as Flying squirrels, Flying-squirrel, Petauristinae, Petauristini, Pteromyinae, Pteromyini.

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