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Glaucomys

Mammal Genera

Glaucomys is a genus of three flying squirrel species native to North America, distributed from Alaska to Honduras. The northern flying squirrel is larger, with belly hair that is dark at the base and white at the tip, while the smaller southern flying squirrel has belly hair that is completely white; Humboldt's flying squirrel is a cryptic species generally smaller and darker than the northern flying squirrel. All three species glide using a patagium that stretches from the wrists of the forelegs along the body to the ankles of the hind legs, and all three fluoresce pink under ultraviolet light, though the purpose of this trait is still debated. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1. Glaucomys (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The three species of New World flying squirrels, in the genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America.
  • Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
  • present tense, three species of New World flying squirrels
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Wikidata: Glaucomys
Wikidata Q1010970, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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