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    Default Re: Need guidance! Northern Flyer with hair loss

    I'm afraid I must amend my prior under a different flying squirrel species name, for in 2017 the flying squirrels of the Pacific NW were confirmed by DNA and physical examine to be a third distinct species of North Amercian flying Squirrel, making the total in N.A. flying squirrel species three. In that members weren't sure they would be correct, for squirrels in this region have been reclassified as, Glaucomys oregonensis). "Humboldt’s Flying Squirrel".

    Until recently, mammalogists classified two species of flying squirrels in North America. But, in 2017, a third was added with the formal description of the Humboldt’s flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis). Though slightly smaller and darker, this cryptic species was once considered to be part of the northern flying squirrel (G. sabrinus) group but genetic studies and an in depth look at the penis bone changed that. Northern flying squirrels inhabit the boreal coniferous forests of the northeastern U.S., Canada, and Alaska as well as relictual habitat in the higher elevations of the Appalachian and Rocky mountains. The Humboldt’s flying squirrel is a specialist of the Pacific Slope’s coastal forests from southern California’s sky islands, north through the Sierra Nevada, Klamath Mountains, Coast Ranges, and Cascades in conifer and mixed-conifer forests.
    https://wildlife.org/new-species-hum...el-discovered/

    https://oregonwild.org/wildlife/humb...lying-squirrel

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/a...-north-america

    [QUOTE]Glaucomys oregonensis

    ps Please be aware that that I don't necessarily share the points of views of the authors of the prior posted cache of articles in regard to the Northern flying squirrel species that inhabit regions of the of the Pacific NW. I thought to share the page as it includes the diet of squirrels in this region.

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