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Humboldt's Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys oregonensis
Humboldt's flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America. They were discovered in May of 2017. Using genetic analyses, Arbogast et al. (2017) showed that Humboldt's flying squirrel, previously thought to be conspecific with the northern flying squirrel, was actually a distinct species. These squirrels do not actually fly but glide from tree to tree. Humboldt's flying squirrels are found in coniferous and...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 553059.