Southern+Flying+Squirrel


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**The** ** southern flying squirrel's Scientific name is the Glaucomys volans. This squirrel is a mammal that weighs 6 oz. Its body's height is 6 in. and its tail is 4 in.The southern flying squirrel has chocolate brown or grey fur. Some people think it looks like a rodent. It's adaptation is to glide tree to tree it spreads out its legs and uses its extra skin to glide. It eats nuts, seeds, buds, shoots, soft fruit, lichens and insects. To get its water it drinks it and gets water from the food it eats. Hallow trees are this squirrel's shelter. To other animals it is prey. Some interesting facts are that the asian species can fly up to 350 ft and this species can fly over 150ft. That was some facts about the southern flying squirrel.

The southern flying squirrel's climate is the highlands. The highlands is a dry place that average temperatures between 60 to 70 degrees F. The average rainfall is less than 10 in. a year. Some plant life in there is the Giant Lobelia and the Ponderosa Pine. In the highlands you can find mountain goats, coagars, and snow rabbits. The food chain here is berries, southern flying squirrel, and then the puma. One landform you can find is some mountains .**