AMAZING FLYING SQUIRREL!

By: Erica Gutierrez

I’M FLYING!

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SCIENTIFIC NAME

The scientific name for the Flying Squirrel is Pteromini.

RANGE

• Flying Squirrels are from Siberia and came to North America

DIET The following is what they eat: mast tree crops of all types, including acorn (red oak, black oak,

mossycup oak, white oak, pin oak, etc.); hickory nut (shagbark, bitternut, pignut); pecan;  walnuts; beech nut; horsechestnut; hazelnut; etc.• seeds of various varieties• insects (beetles, moths and their larvae, etc.)• spiders• slugs, snails• tree and shrub buds• flowers (tree, shrub, herb)• fruits of many trees and shrubs• berries (most types)• fungi• bird eggs, nestlings• bark cambium• carrion, especially in winter months• tree sap

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

A Flying Squirrel is 12 inches long

Weight is Five ounces

It has LARGE eyes that are reddish orange that enable it to see at night!

The picture above is a flying squirrel at night with their big eyes.

Yeah were so

awesome and

cute!

BREEDING INFO

Flying Squirrels can breed in April, May, August, and again in September.

At birth they are pink , blind and with out hair except for short whiskers.

This is what a baby flying squirrel looks like.

The mating season is Between February and march.

SPECIAL BEHAVIORFlying Squirrels communicate by making this weird squeaking sound!

They put their nests in weird places too and use cotton stuff to make it.

AND THE CAN FLY!!! :D

WEIRD INFO

They make big weird looking nest like this one!

VIDEO

CONCLUSION

The conclusion is that Flying Squirrels are super cute really tiny!

THE END!!