Flying Squirrels

By: Jonah Jimenez

 Adaptations
A flying squirrel’s A flying squirrel’s
physical traits are behavioral traits are
it’s fur “wings” and building many
tail. nests, including
cavity, drey &
aggregate nests
 Where does it live?
Flying squirrels live in the woods of Canada,
Mexico and the USA.
 Climate
Since the flying squirrels live in a wide
variety of places, they have a wide
variety of climates.
 What does it eat?
Well…… it eats seeds, The flying squirrel is
insects, spiders, both predator and
slugs, snails, shrub prey. The great
buds, flowers, fruits, horned owl is it’s
berries, fungi, eggs, predator and slugs,
bark cambium, spiders etc. are its
carrion and........... prey.
tree sap.
It’s niche is secondary
The flying squirrel is consumer.
an omnivore.
 Learned Behaviors
• The flying squirrel learns how to
escape from it’s predators quickly.
• The flying squirrel learns how to find
it’s prey and lung fast enough to catch
it.
• The flying squirrel has to learn how to
glide.
• And last of all the flying squirrel learns
how to make it’s nests
 Inherited Traits
• Nocturnal
• Making low ,soft chirp noises when
distressed
• Pure black eyes
• Climbing trees
 Food Chain
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• Flying Squirrels can easily chew
through wood!
• A Flying Squirrel’s tail helps stabilize
it’s gliding!
• Flying Squirrels actually love to run on
hamster wheels!
• The smallest type of the flying squirrel
is the pigmy flying squirrel
• The largest type of flying squirrel is the
woolly flying squirrel