2. The northern flying squirrel lives in dense
conifer or mixed conifer and deciduous forests.
Breeding season runs from March to May
The nest can be an abandoned bird nest; a
clump of twigs, moss, and shredded bark
3. eats nuts
Acorns
fungi and lichens
It may also eat fruits
sap, bird eggs, small nestling birds and insects
4. The northern flying squirrel can be found in…
Canada
northern United States
Alaska
Washington
Oregon, California, North Dakota, South
Dakota,
5. The northern flying squirrel is nocturnal and is
active throughout the year
It is a very social animal
It may share a nest and live in groups of eight
or more adults and juveniles.
6. The northern flying squirrel is a small squirrel
It is about ten inches long
It is black, gray, and white
When it is gliding, it uses its tail as a rudder to
help it change direction
7. Breeding season runs from March to May
he female gives birth to two to five young after
a gestation period of about 40 days
It can live in woodpecker hole or tree cavity
They learn to glide when they are about three
months old
8. The squirrel kept launching itself from an 8-
foot-high wall-mounted lamp into a glass wall
after becoming trapped in a trauma room at
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in
Rahway Tuesday night
9. The flying squirrel is an interesting animal to
learn about.
It has many different facts and life styles to live
with and use.
In this power point I learned that the flying
squirrel is important to our informant
