North America has had a longer history of flying squirrels than any other part of ... said Montserrat Grau-Camats. “The last American Miopetaurista lived millions of years after all Eurasian ...

Contrary to what one might expect, however, Miopetaurista is not closely related to the squirrels we now see in North America; they have in fact more in common with the giant flying squirrels of ...

There are about 50 species of flying squirrels ranging across most of North America down into Central America, and stretching from Southeast and Northern Asia into Siberia and Scandinavia.

Apart from these differences, and larger size, the northern flying squirrel resembles the southern. Adults are 250-298 mm (10-11.7 in) in total length, and weigh 75-125 g (2.6-4.4 oz). The range is ...