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this is a picture of the flying squirrel eating

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- they are important to the ecosystem because they disperse spores of fungi
- they are descendants from animals that were in the ice age
- they have adapted to getting away from predators easily with "flying"

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- us as humans could stop destroying their habitats and just be happy with the land that we already have

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What Would be Affected if the Animal were to go Extinct

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What Would be Affected if the Animal were to go Extinct

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- would be hawks, owls, martens, ect.

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http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Glaucomys_sabrinus/

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- the limited space of the Southern Appalachians makes the area vulnerable to human impact such as deforestation

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- typically found in hardwoods such as yellow birch
- often moist and cool
- higher elevations

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- they feed on certain lichens and fungi, they occasionally eat fruits and nuts

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- The Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel is about a third larger than the more common Southern Flying Squirrel
- brown on their backs and their fur fades into a buff white belly
- nocturnal (meaning that they sleep in the day time and are awake in the night time)
- they have a patch of skin that connects from their wrists to their ankles which can help them "fly"
- active year round

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this is a picture of the flying squirrel jumping from a tree

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Glaucomys sabrinus

also known as the northern flying squirrel