#0458 · 🦊 mammals

Northern Flying Squirrel

🇳🇱 Canadese Vliegende Eekhoorn ·Glaucomys sabrinus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

The northern flying squirrel ( Glaucomys sabrinus ) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys and one of the two flying squirrel species found in North America. They are found in coniferous and mixed coniferous forests across much of Canada, from Alaska to Nova Scotia, and south to the mountains of North Carolina and west to Utah, Washington, and Oregon in the United States. They are light brown with pale underparts and grow to a length...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,214iNaturalist observations
weight 5.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,214 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 6 g.
Scientifically named by George Shaw in 1801 (225 years ago).