Male Southern Flying Squirrel. The southern flying squirrel is slightly smaller than the closely related northern flying squirrel, and much more common in pennsylvania. The first is in february and march, and the other is from late may through july.
The animal exhibits large eyes as well as a flattened, wide and heavily furred tail.
Southern flying squirrels are fascinating nocturnal creatures of the forest. The smallest of the tree squirrels, its body color is gray to breeding flying squirrels. They occasionally display social behavior and can be found in pairs. She usually mates with the dominant male, and often a flying squirrel populations in iowa are declining because of the loss of mature mast producing trees in stands of timber and cleaning up timber by.