erica's amazing flying squirrel! power point
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AMAZING FLYING SQUIRREL!
By: Erica Gutierrez
I’M FLYING!
Period: 4
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SCIENTIFIC NAME
The scientific name for the Flying Squirrel is Pteromini.
RANGE
• Flying Squirrels are from Siberia and came to North America
DIET The following is what they eat: mast tree crops of all types, including acorn (red oak, black oak,
mossycup oak, white oak, pin oak, etc.); hickory nut (shagbark, bitternut, pignut); pecan; walnuts; beech nut; horsechestnut; hazelnut; etc.• seeds of various varieties• insects (beetles, moths and their larvae, etc.)• spiders• slugs, snails• tree and shrub buds• flowers (tree, shrub, herb)• fruits of many trees and shrubs• berries (most types)• fungi• bird eggs, nestlings• bark cambium• carrion, especially in winter months• tree sap
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
A Flying Squirrel is 12 inches long
Weight is Five ounces
It has LARGE eyes that are reddish orange that enable it to see at night!
The picture above is a flying squirrel at night with their big eyes.
Yeah were so
awesome and
cute!
BREEDING INFO
Flying Squirrels can breed in April, May, August, and again in September.
At birth they are pink , blind and with out hair except for short whiskers.
This is what a baby flying squirrel looks like.
The mating season is Between February and march.
SPECIAL BEHAVIORFlying Squirrels communicate by making this weird squeaking sound!
They put their nests in weird places too and use cotton stuff to make it.
AND THE CAN FLY!!! :D
WEIRD INFO
They make big weird looking nest like this one!
VIDEO
CONCLUSION
The conclusion is that Flying Squirrels are super cute really tiny!
THE END!!