Old World flying squirrel

These large-eyed animals are nocturnal and use a membrane stretching from their wrists to ankles in order to glide from tree to tree. They can glide up to and have a long flat tail. They feed on nuts, seeds, fruit, buds, bark, and insects. ==Species==

There are two species in this genus: • Pteromys momonga – Japanese dwarf flying squirrel – Found in Japan (Honshu and Kyushu). • Pteromys volans – Siberian flying squirrel – Found in northern Europe (mainly Russia and Finland, some isolated populations in the Baltics) and northern Asia from Siberia to Hokkaido ==References==