Endangered Species Project by Anastasia Reeves https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel en-us 2016-12-05 14:23:28 UTC 2025-11-01 19:33:17 UTC hello@padlet.com Name / Also Known As anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141987484 Glaucomys sabrinus 

also known as the northern flying squirrel]]> 2016-12-06 13:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141987484 anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141988128 this is a picture of the flying squirrel jumping from a tree]]> 2016-12-06 13:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141988128 Characteristics anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141988725 - 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 
 ]]> 2016-12-06 13:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141988725 What do they eat? anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141990406 - they feed on certain lichens and fungi, they occasionally eat fruits and nuts]]> 2016-12-06 13:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141990406 Habitat anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141990899 - typically found in hardwoods such as yellow birch 
- often moist and cool 
- higher elevations ]]> 2016-12-06 13:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141990899 Threats anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141991382 - the limited space of the Southern Appalachians makes the area vulnerable to human impact such as deforestation ]]> 2016-12-06 13:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141991382 works cited anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141992288 http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Glaucomys_sabrinus/

]]> 2016-12-06 13:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141992288 What Would be Affected if the Animal were to go Extinct anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141992455 - would be hawks, owls, martens, ect. 


]]> 2016-12-06 13:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141992455 Ways the Animal can be Helped anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141993181 - us as humans could stop destroying their habitats and just be happy with the land that we already have]]> 2016-12-06 13:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141993181 Why are They Special anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141993779 - 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"]]> 2016-12-06 13:27:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141993779 anastasia_reeves129 https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141994930 this is a picture of the flying squirrel eating ]]> 2016-12-06 13:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anastasia_reeves129/t6cemw31yigg/wish/141994930