#0307 · 🦊 mammals

Southern Flying Squirrel

🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse Vliegende Eekhoorn ·Glaucomys volans

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Todd Belanger · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Ramóna Molnár · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ken Potter · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Annie Bélair · CC BY 4.0
5. © Leticia Soriano Flores · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Leticia Soriano Flores · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Michigan, US:© Ken Potter · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. CR-356, Groveoak, AL, US:© Michelle Reynolds · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Colleyville, TX 76034, USA:© meauxt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 45011 Peterkin Hill Rd, South Woodstock, VT 05071, USA:© Todd Belanger · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The southern flying squirrel or the assapan ( Glaucomys volans ) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys , the only flying squirrels 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 distribution for populations of this species have been recorded in the highlands of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,944iNaturalist observations
weight 70 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.
5,944 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 70 g.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).