flying squirrel

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flying squirrel (plural flying squirrels)

1. Any of 43 species of squirrel-like rodents, which glide from tree to tree:
   1. The tribe Pteromyini within the family Sciuridae, which are true squirrels.
   2. The family Anomaluridae, which are only distantly related to the squirrels.

• New World flying squirrel (Glaucomys spp.)
• Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans)
• lesser pygmy flying squirrel (Petaurillus emiliae)
• northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus)
• red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista)
• southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans)
• Beecroft's flying squirrel (Anomalurus beecrofti)
• Lord Derby's scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Anomalurus derbianus)
• Pel's flying squirrel (Anomalurus pelii)
• dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel (Anomalurus pusillus)
• pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel (Idiurus zenkeri)
• spotted giant flying squirrel (Petaurista elegans)

• Phalangeriformes