Northern flying squirrels facing some hard times

From: Sunday News Lancaster, PA | Date: October 31, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

Who knew that there are more flying squirrels in Pennsylvania than gray squirrels? Especially since 1,063,996 grays were killed during hunting seasons in 2003, and it barely dented their population.

Southern flying squirrels remain abundant, but a normally positive behavior is harming the state's small population of Northern flying squirrels.

Research has shown that Pennsylvania's Northern flying squirrels are going against the norm and sharing territory, even nesting quarters, with the similar-looking Southern flying squirrel.

That trend is doubly troublesome because the European wooly ...

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