Flying Squirrel

The flying squirrel is a medium-sized rodent, closely relxated to the squirrels

found in woodlands and across grasslands around the world. Flying squirrels tend to
be slightly larger in size than the common squirrel.
Despite the name, flying squirrels cannot actually fly, although they can be
airborne for a remarkable length of time. Instead of flying, flying squirrels move
through the air by gliding (normally between the trees), with the longest recorded
glide of a flying squirrel being nearly 90 meters.
Flying squirrels have a furry, stretchy membrane that stretches between their
front and back legs. When the flying squirrel needs to get away quickly, it opens it's
arms and legs out and uses the membrane like a parachute. Flying squirrels also
have large eyes, and stubby flattened tails.
There are nearly 50 different species of flying squirrel found in forests around
the world. Flying squirrels range in size and colour depending on the species of
flying squirrel. The largest species of flying squirrel is the Woolly flying squirrel,
which is found in Pakistan and the smallest flying squirrel species is the pygmy
flying squirrel, found in the jungles of Borneo and Malaysia.
Flying squirrels are omnivorous animals meaning that their diet is based on both
plant and animal matter. The flying squirrel is a nocturnal animal, so it forages for
food under the cover of night as flying squirrels are not able to easily escape the
birds of prey that hunt during the day. Flying squirrels eat nuts, seeds, fruits,
berries, insects and bird eggs.
Due to their small size, flying squirrels have numerous natural predators
wherever they live in the world. Domestic cats, raccoons, snakes, birds of prey,
foxes dogs and coyotes are all primary predators of the flying squirrel.
Flying squirrels are known to breed twice a year, in the early spring and again in
the summer. After a gestation period of roughly 40 days, the female flying squirrel

gives birth to between 2 and 7 baby flying squirrels, which are blind and naked
when they are born. The baby flying squirrels develop fur and open their eyes when
they are about a month old. The young flying squirrels begin to glide and forage
with their mother when they are roughly 2 months old.

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Subheading
What are flying
squirrels ?
Where do flying
squirrels live?
How the flying
squirrels fly?
How many species
of flying squirrels are
there?
What the smallest
species of flying
squirrels? And where
we can found it?
What do flying
squirrels eat?
What is primary
predator of the
flying squirrels?
How many time the
flying squirrels breed
in 1 year?
When the baby
flying squirrels
develop fur and
open their eyes?
When the young
flying squirrels begin
to glide and forage
with their mother?

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What are flying squirrels ?

Where do flying squirrels live?
How the flying squirrels fly?
How many species of flying squirrels are there?
What the smallest species of flying squirrels? And where we
can found i
6. What do flying squirrels eat?
7. What is primary predator of the flying squirrels?
8. How many time the flying squirrels breed in 1 year?
9. When the baby flying squirrels develop fur and open their
eyes?
10. When the young flying squirrels begin to glide and forage with
their mother?