Discovery reveals giant flying squirrel once soared over Southern Appalachia
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-reveals-giant-flying-squirrel.html paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10914-025-09751-w

"A giant #FlyingSquirrel—about the size of today's house cats—once soared through the skies over what is now Southern #Appalachia, gliding above #rhinos, #mastodons and red #pandas... closest relatives are the giant #FlyingSquirrels in Japan, China and Indonesia... somehow they crossed the Bering Land Bridge alongside other #mammals about 5 million years ago."

Furry Drone
I’ve only ever seen a flying squirrel once, in Kejimkujik Park in Nova Scotia. It was ‘flying’ around the campsite one night, moving so quickly it was hard to catch sight of where it was each time. This time it stopped to pick up something to eat before taking off again. They spread these flaps […] …,
https://stevenkennard.com/blog/archives/9296
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