Flying+squirrel

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/kids/animal-facts/flying_squirrel.asp http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/ http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/rodent/Flyingsquirrelprintout.shtml

=Appearance= ==
 * flat,furry tail
 * normally brown on back
 * bulging eyes
 * white on belly and bottom side of furry membrane
 * have "feelers" which are sensitive whiskers
 * scent glands in cheeks
 * clawed feet
 * flap of loose skin
 * bushy tale

=Home=
 * Live in nests in trees
 * found from U.S.-Canada border[[image:http://www.paconserve.org/e-conserve/fall-05/Flying-Squirrel-big.jpg width="150" height="103" align="right"]]
 * found throughout eastern parts of North America and the southeastern parts of Canada
 * Carolinian deciduous forests of southern Ontario
 * in parts of Quebec and Nova Scotia

== =Food=
 * nuts
 * seeds
 * berries
 * insects
 * tree bud
 * sometimes eggs or nestlings

=Young=
 * born in nests
 * blind at birth
 * hairless at birth
 * ear canals sealed
 * ear flap folded over itself
 * toes fused
 * eyelids sealed
 * claws when born
 * first excursion outside nest on day 40
 * capable of independent survival on 88

=Enemies= Owl Bobcat Lynx Rattlesnake Fisher Coyote House Ca Arboreal snakes

=Cool Facts=
 * can glide
 * northern squirrel's range overlaps southern's
 * noisy rodent
 * is nocturnal

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