Special Topics

Classification | Distribution maps | Squirrel rescue | Keeping squirrels out | Zoos with flying squirrels

Classification

List of squirrel species with scientific and common names, from Dennis Owca's Squirrel Place. The list would be more useful it if showed family relationships, instead of presenting a flat list. Has a good link list.

Animal Diverisity, about the different genus classifications of the flying squirrel.

Useful list of mammalian gliders (not just "flying squirrels"), supporting some anti-evolutionist comments by Ronald I. Orenstein. The amount of convergent evolution is certainly great, but the mechanism involved is not particularly subtle. Unlike some other evolutionary paths, gliding doesn't require any time in a "in-between" state; any increase in jumping range directly benefits a tree-dwelling critter.

"Systematic Study of Flying Squirrels in Western and Eastern Trans-himalayas" by Fahong Yu, Charles Woods, and Yanping Peng. Reviews some classification issues. Is this a grant proposal?

Distribution maps

World distribution map for the "Old World Flying Squirrels" (Pteromys) from Walker's online Mammals of the Worlds. You can click the links to each of the regions of the world to see that specific distribution. May not work.

Northern Flying Squirrel on a branch, with a Canadian distribution map, from the Canadian Biodiversity Website.

Distribution of the Northern Flying Squirrel in Pennsylvania.

Squirrel rescue

Flying Squirrels, night gliders by Nonda Surratt, Cedar Hill Wildlife Care. From the Ohio Wildlife Rehabilitators Association .

Newly-born Southern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys volans) from Squirrel Rehab. Also includes audio recordings of the "Chittering Sound' of these squirrels. Squirrel Rehab also has pictures of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) photographed on Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.

Article by Willie and Iris who live in North Pole, Alaska, about how they have rescued and grown two flying squirrels, which they are about to leave back into the wild. There is a link to a video.

Keeping squirrels out

Preventing squirrels from getting into the house, question-response by Kristen Smith.

More on preventing flying squirrels from entering buildings and homes. Nice but small picture of a flying squirrel in some sort of red background, possibly a basement. There is some generic information about the flying squirrels too.

Zoos with flying squirrels

Utah's Hogle Zoo article about the Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans).

Minnesota Zoo, Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans).

Grand Isle Heritage Zoo in Grand Island, Nebraska has one of only two Red Giant Flying Squirrels in the US. News article from the The Grand Island Independent, by Keanna Leonard.