#0138 · 🦊 mammals

Siberian Flying Squirrel

🇳🇱 Europese Vliegende Eekhoorn ·Pteromys volans

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © tatyana_kolesnikova · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © adrianmartinezjr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © A.Popov · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Ольга Панина · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Alexander Ganse · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © alexfamilyteam · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. г. Нерюнгри, Респ. Саха (Якутия), Россия:© Светлана Черепанова · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 대한민국 대전광역시 유성구:© rhdnjswo · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Московская обл., Россия, 143078:© Саакян К.С. · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Estonia:© Aurelie Laurent · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Siberian flying squirrel ( Pteromys volans ) is an Old World flying squirrel with a range from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Coast in the east. It is the only species of flying squirrel found in Europe. It is considered vulnerable within the European Union where it is now found only in Finland, Estonia and Latvia out of the 28 countries in the Union.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,649iNaturalist observations
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.
1,649 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).