Species

Glaucomys oregonensis (Humboldt’s flying squirrel)

Glaucomys oregonensis. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Humboldt’s flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) is one of three species of the genus Glaucomys, the only flying squirrels found in North America. They were discovered in May of 2017. Using genetic analyses, Arbogast et al. (2017) showed that Humboldt’s flying squirrel, previously thought to be conspecific with the northern flying squirrel, was actually a distinct species. These squirrels do not actually fly but glide from tree to tree. Humboldt’s flying squirrels are found in coniferous and…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Sciuromorpha (Squirrels, dormice, and mountain beavers)
        Family: Sciuridae (Squirrels)
        Subfamily: Sciurinae (Typical and flying squirrels)
        Tribe: Pteromyini (Flying squirrels)
        Genus: Glaucomys (New world flying squirrels)
        Species: Glaucomys oregonensis (Humboldt’s flying squirrel)

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