Southern flying squirrel
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Southern flying squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Glaucomys |
Species: | G. volans |
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Glaucomys volans | |
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Southern flying squirrel range[2] | |
Synonyms | |
Mus volans Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The southern flying squirrel or the assapan (Glaucomys volans) is one of three species of flying squirrel found in North America. It is found in deciduous and mixed woods in the eastern half of North America, from southeastern Canada to Florida. Disjunct populations of this species have been recorded in the highlands of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.