Flying+Squirrel


 * Flying Squirrel**

Scientific Name
Pteromyini

Scientific Classification
Domain: Eukaryia Kindom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Glaucomys Species: Pteromyini

Habitat


North American flying squirrels can live and adapt to many different homes the squirrel sometimes is a secondary cavity nester because it lives inside a hole in a tree that was made by a different animal like the wood pecker that abandoned the hole, The flying squirrel uses the hole for sleeping, resting and eating.

The North American squirel is from the northern parts of the USA and lives in dense conifer or mixed conifer and deciduous forest it they live there beacause of the weather the average annual temperature in the forest is 50 degrees F. The average rainfall is 30 to 60 inches a year. Some of the common flora found in the decidious forest are fungi

Species Interactions
The north american flying squirrel is a very important animal in the food web the squirrel eats insects and fungi then other animals like fox's eat the squirrel or large birds with out the squirrel those animals would struggle to survive and would have to compete to eat other animals. some of the adaptations that north American flying squirrels have are that they are small and light weight, allowing them to stay in the air longer because of their small size. They are also nocturnal, so they have big eyes and good night vision they hunt small insects and eat berries.



Conservation Efforts
The north american flying squirrel has been on the endangered list since 1985 they are becoming endangered because people keep cutting down trees so the squirrel has to glide over longer distances to get from tree to tree and they cant cross through the ground because of predators like bobcats, coyotes, foxes and birds. In an attempt to try and save the flying squirrels biologists are instaling 47-foot tall wooden poles so the squirrels can lide on to them and get across roads they can also use the poles as shelter from predators biologists are only going to keep the poles until new trees grow around the road then there will be no need for the poles.