Common Name
Southern Flying Squirrel
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Species Name
Glaucomys volans
Status
Least Concern
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Distribution
Eastern half of the United States from southern Canada to Florida.
Notes
subspecies G. v. saturates occurs throughout; G. v. texensis possibly occurs in extreme SW corner; G. v. volans possibly occurs in extreme northern counties. Glides; more carnivorous than tree squirrels; nocturnal. Subspecies G. v. saturates occurs throug