Species Classification - Japanese Flying Squirrel by Makayla Locke https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp Made with ♥ en-us 2022-01-11 20:40:11 UTC 2025-10-07 12:36:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Japanese Dwarf Flying Squirrel 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/1989135566 Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:  Chordata
Class:  Mammalia
Order:  Rodentia
Family:  Sciuridae
Genus:  Pteromys
Species: P. momonga]]> 2022-01-12 21:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/1989135566 Kingdom Animalia 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2000554057 Common House Mouse  Mus musculus
Meal Worm Tenebrio molitor
Sun Bear  Helarctos malayanus
Nano Chameleon  Brookesia nana
Blue Jellyfish  Cyanea lamarckii
Harp Sponge  Chondrocladia lyra
Earth Worm Lumbricina

What do all of these animals have in common?  They are all multicellular, eukaryotic organisms. 

]]> 2022-01-19 14:36:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2000554057 Phylum Chordata 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2000561940 Betta Fish Betta splendens
Blind Snake Indotyphlops braminus
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Elephant Shrew  Macroscelididae
Nightengale Luscinia megarhynchos
Cat - Felis Catus

All animals in the chordata phylum have a spinal chord.]]> 2022-01-19 14:38:44 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2000561940 Class Mammalia 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2003749926 Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
Hippo Hippopotamus amphibius
Sea Otter Enhydra lutris
Platypus  Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Chinchila Chinchilla

Animals in the class Mammalia are all mammals meaning that they are warm blooded, most have fur and give live birth (with the exception of a few) and they have mammary glands to produce milk for their offspring.]]> 2022-01-20 20:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2003749926 Order Rodentia 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2003759089 Beaver Castor canadensis
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum
Guinea Pig Cavia porcellus
Capybara Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

All rodents have incisors which are just teeth that continuously grow and are meant for gnawing down and are all mammals.

]]> 2022-01-20 20:13:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2003759089 Family Sciuridae 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005075214 Red Squirrel  Sciurus vulgaris
Groundhog  Marmota monax
Pine Squirrel  Tamiasciurus

Sciuridae is a family of true squirrels and consists of small to medium sized rodents.

]]> 2022-01-21 14:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005075214 Genus Pteromys 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005078227 There are only two species in this genus, one of which being the Japanese Flying squirrel.
The only other "Old World" flying squirrel in the genus Pteromys is the Siberian Flying Squirrel  Pteromys volans

]]> 2022-01-21 14:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005078227 Squirrel Evolution 2541781 https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005546537 2022-01-21 18:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/2541781/bakv5obmv353qofp/wish/2005546537