Flying Squirrel Genus. As mentioned, it is a genus of new world flying squirrels in the squirrel family sciuridae. They are the only species of flying squirrel found in north america and are distributed from alaska to honduras.
Flying squirrels use their thick paws as cushion for landing.
Flying squirrels are fairly common, although seldom seen members of the rodent family. The northern flying squirrels have thick skin, with north flying squirrel diet. This desperately cute genus of flying squirrel is so rare it's only been recorded in the wild a handful of times since it was first described in the early 1980s. It not only contains the nutritionally.