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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyBraconidae
種 Glaucomys volans Glaucomys sabrinus 北美飛鼠（屬名：Glaucomys，英語名：New World flying squirrels）是一種生活於北美洲的飛鼠，分布範圍從阿拉斯加到洪都拉斯，類似於歐亞地區的飛鼠屬（Pteromys）。已知有兩個物種： Glaucomys volans Glaucomys sabrinus 北美飛鼠是一個與松鼠科相關的小作品。你可以通过編輯或修訂擴充其內容。 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=北美飛鼠&oldid=36030220” 分类：北美飛鼠屬 隐藏分类： 本地相关图片与维基数据相同 松鼠科小作品
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- New World flying squirrels
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Encyclopedic overview
The three species of New World flying squirrels, in the genus Glaucomys, are the only species of flying squirrel found in North America. They are distributed from Alaska to Honduras. They are similar in many ways to the Eurasian flying squirrels in the genus Pteromys. Two species of New World flying squirrels can be easily distinguished on the basis of size and ventral pelage. Northern flying squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus are larger and have belly hair that is dark at the base and white at the tip. Southern flying squirrels, Glaucomys volans, are smaller and have belly hairs that are completely white. Humboldt's flying squirrel is more difficult to distinguish from the northern flying squirrel where their ranges overlap. In fact, they were once considered conspecific. Humboldt's flying squirrel is considered a cryptic species. They are generally smaller and darker than northern flying squirrels.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “New World flying squirrel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.