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[koko_99_2001]

What? Flying Squirrels or Sugar Gliders?

[Louisiana Night]

Flying Squirrels(many sites seem to call them "Southern Flying Squirrels") that look like Suger Gliders.

[koko_99_2001]

Pictures? Links?

[Louisiana Night]

I typed Flying Squirrels US into Google.

Results:

FLYING SQUIRRELS ARE FOR REAL

FLYING SQUIRRELS

THERE ARE 12 GENERA WITH A TOTAL OF 38 SPECIES. MOST LIVE IN SOUTHERN ASIA . ONLY THE GENUS GLAUCOMYS WHICH CONSIST OF TWO SPECIES INHABIT NORTH AMERICA.

NORTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL. GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS

SOUTHERN FLYING SQUIRREL. GLAUCOMYS VOLANS ALSO CALLED ASSAPAN.

THE NORTHERN FS PREFERS CONIFER OR EVERGREEN FOREST .

THE SOUTHERN FS PREFERS DECIDUOUS FOREST.

BELIEVE THE SQUIRRELS IN OUR BACK YARD ARE THE SOUTHERN SPECIES.

THE LOOSE SKIN WEB IS CALLED A PATAGIUM

That site has info, pictures, and movies(though I only took a minute to look at the site).

[koko_99_2001]

Thanks LN...I was trying to work on a project when I posted last, so I didn't have the time to search and spend time looking.  Appreciate it

Picture of a Southern Flying Squirrel from Wikipedia:

[Louisiana Night]

NP

I don't know where they live, but I know there aren't any around here(not enough trees).

[Shadowfax]

These range from IDS/OFA tactical fighter aircraft, manned-unmanned space vehicles, specialist unlimited technology racing cars and robots. R & D is my main hobby!

Space vehicles...you work in a company that's doing business with NASA/ESA/[other space agency] then?

Sorry everyone for breaking topic, just had to answer this!

CC, Whilst I would like to say I did work for a company involved either NASA/ESA, I don't! I do have contacts within that industry though (one of which was deeply involved with the failed Beagle probe to Mars; he designed the actual "moles" that were meant to dig under the surface for soil samples.) The reason I say I work on space vehicle designs is that I study RBCC-PDWE propulsion systems, automated "fuzzy logic" control systems, advanced power systems (using combined radioactive decay, solar and possibly vortex implosion based systems) life support, ceramic heat shielding etc...
Combined with my knowledge of aerospace I design "aircraft-spacecraft hybrids" as the ballistic theories are far simpler and the Logistics are far cheaper.
Hope that clears it up!

Right, back to flying squirrels!  

[copycat]

I thought the question was, if it was a real squirrel, or just had the name(well, at least I've heard people call it that).

Judging by the tail, it certainly looks like a squirrel.


This seems to be the one that's in our neck of the woods (Europe).  

[koko_99_2001]

Hmmm...you look tired Alex.  Oh, wait.  The name of the pic is "tiiiiiireds"    

[racx_00]

Nice typo Cat , you left out the "e" which makes it sound so much worse than tired

[koko_99_2001]

I don't know what you're talking about, Jason.

[racx_00]

Its obvious that you edited

[koko_99_2001]

And your point is??

[racx_00]

That you technically called Alex a tird , even if tird is spelt differently it sounds the same

[koko_99_2001]

Oh yeah...we all know how much I dislike Alex...*drips sarcasm*

[Yonkey]

This seems to be the one that's in our neck of the woods (Europe).  

OMG look at its eye!  That thing would freak me out.

[copycat]

OMG look at its eye!  That thing would freak me out.

Actually, they all seem to have that kind of eyes.

[Shadowfax]

Hmm, haven't seen that one in the U.K (probably hails from your part of Europe CC), all we have over here (well, South East England) is grey squirrels, and lots of them!

[Yonkey]

I don't see them around here either.  The only squirrels I see are the kind that don't "fly".  

[copycat]

Hmm, haven't seen that one in the U.K (probably hails from your part of Europe CC), all we have over here (well, South East England) is grey squirrels, and lots of them!

Well, it's on the mainland of Europe, that's right, but it's not near where I live either.

* copycat points Northwards

I don't see them around here either.  The only squirrels I see are the kind that don't "fly".  

No, the flying squirrel doesn't fly, in the literal sense of the word, he just floats. And AFAIK every squirrel floats for short times once in a while, jumping from branch to branch, navigating with their peculiar tail.