Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...

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 ...

With built-in parachutes in the form of wing-like flaps of skin stretching from leg to leg, West Virginia northern flying squirrels glide among the trees in the mountains of Appalachia. Flying ...

There are about 50 species of flying squirrels ranging across most of North America down into Central America, and stretching from Southeast and Northern Asia into Siberia and Scandinavia.

The general color of the upper portions of the body, head and tail of the southern flying squirrel is drab olive gray, darkest and almost black at the edges of the membranes. The underparts of the ...

Like many in the Northland, I maintain bird feeders throughout winter. Spending money on bird food seems very worth it when I can look out on a subzero morning and watch the antics of these avian ...

DESCRIPTION: One of two subspecies of Appalachian flying squirrel, the West Virginia northern flying squirrel has a dense, silky, reddish brown fur coat with a grayish white underside. West Virginia ...

How the northern and southern flying squirrels coexist isn’t well-known, Joyce said, but the smaller southerns are more aggressive and could begin outcompeting northerns. In one unrelated study ...

Until recently there were only two species of flying squirrels in North America. But the Northern and Southern species have been getting cozy and are interbreeding. WSJ’s Angus Loten reports.

Southern flying squirrels are the smaller of two flying squirrel species that call Pennsylvania home. The other is the larger northern flying squirrel, which is endangered in the state ...