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According to this site there are two species of North American flying squirrel: northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus and the southern flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans. Their ranges are overlapping and, to complicate matters further, there are at least two sub-species of the northern, G. sabrinus coloratus, the Carolina northern and G. sabrinus fuscus, the Virginia northern. Pteromys sp. are the Old World flying squirrels. Edit: Kids these days want everthang. OK, here's the site: http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/flyingsquirrel/Mehbe they changed genus names on us. Quick's you learn the old one they got somebody ready to pull up a new one.
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Interesting, Faldage. http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?assapanicThis site, among others I checked, claims that the assapanic is American--and that it is Pteromys. Did any of the Old World flying squirrels become naturalized here? Ah! Edit: There are Pteromys and Pteromys, both Old and New World Pteromys, but ours has the genus and species I noted above when searching for "American flying squirrel."
What was Rocky?
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I don't know which site Faldage was referring to, WW, but as you know first-hand, we had a family or two of flying squirrels here in the rafters before the cats scared them away. According to my Audubon Society field guide, the northern and southern converge here and I was never able to tell which group our Rocky and friends belong to.
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Well, as long as Rocky knew which group he belonged to!
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what we do know for sure, Birdwatch, is that your squirrel is granivorous -- you have photographic proof.
but then I suppose the whole family Sciuridae is.
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Other 'granivores' appeared today, including four mourning doves, all at once, on the windowsill. A red-bellied woodpecker just flew off, a female. The belly actually isn't *red in the usual sense--mostly a strange shade of beige. She is quite shy; as soon as I make any kind of movement, she's off and flying. One Eye was here, too, this morning.
But four mourning doves! Extraordinary. Word has gotten around that there's good chow at this window.
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Faldage, the url comes up, but then the page doesn't load. Is it my end with the problem or theirs?
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the page doesn't load
I was missing a / at the end of the url. Maybe it'll work now, Try again.
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It did, and thanks. No mention of Sciuropterus volucella, so I suppose I could email her. Might do it tonight after the movie downstairs is over.
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