Animals: Rodents

Flying Squirrels

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The flying squirrel is agile & swift, leaping onto rooftops & inside your attic. Bigfoot wildlife control knows of the worries & woes associated with squirrels in your attic. Whether they climb up your trees, gutters, straight up your siding, or from far away trees, they usually find their way into your attic. Making chewing noises all night in some cases, and continuous scratching, clawing, & running sounds coming from above your head. Trapping flying squirrels, and excluding flying squirrels are necessary to protect your greatest investment, your house / business. Whether you have been experiencing noises / sightings of flying squirrels in your attic for a couple of days, or the past several years, it's never too late to get Bigfoot wildlife control to remove & exclude those flying squirrels for you.

Flying squirrel is the name for certain nocturnal tree squirrels adapted for gliding. Two species are found in North America. The gliding mechanism is a fold of furry skin extending along each side of the body from the wrist to the ankle and, in some species, to the tail. When the animal is at rest the flaps are folded; when it stretches its limbs for leaping, as do all tree squirrels, the flaps are stretched out taut like a parachute. The tail in many species is broad and flat, with a flat row of hairs on either side. The animal uses movements of the flaps, limbs, and tail to control direction. The glide always starts from a high tree branch or roof; if it is a long glide the animal comes to rest near the ground and must climb up again. The small North American flying squirrels leap from heights of 50 ft (15 m) or more and may travel a horizontal distance of over 100 ft (30 m). Flying squirrels are seldom seen because of their nocturnal habits and high dwelling places. They nest, often many together, in holes in trees or attics. They feed on a variety of plant matter, as well as on insects. The North American flying squirrels, found in forested regions over much of the continent, have soft, thick, brownish fur. The northern species, Glaucomys sabrinus, of Canada and the NE and W United States, is up to 12 in. (30 cm) long including the tail, which is nearly as long as the head and body; it weighs 4 to 6 1/2 oz (110–180 grams). The southern species, G. volans, of the eastern half of the United States and parts of Mexico and Guatemala, is slightly shorter and weighs about a third as much. Flying squirrels are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Sciuridae.