Flying Squirrel Florida. Flying squirrels are considered a protected wild animal in florida, but they are illegally sold internationally because their rarity fetches such high prices. Flying squirrels are a protected wild species in florida, but the suspects got around that by laundering their captured wild animals through a licensed breeder, the fwc says.
These flying squirrels are often misperceived as a kind of birds.
I didn't even know they were native to. I didn't even know they were native to. A florida man who found a tiny newborn flying squirrel clinging to life in the searing florida sun took a risk and beat the odds by successfully nursing it into adulthood. Flying squirrels can turn by lowering one arm , while a specialized piece of cartilage not found in other gliding mammals extends from the wrist to support the pagatium and help them steer.