Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,091
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans), sometimes called the assapan, is a species of squirrel in the family Sciuridae. G. volans is one of three species of flying squirrels found in North America.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Southern flying squirrel”.