Task: Question Answering
Input (English): passage: The northern flying squirrel is found in coniferous and mixed coniferous forests across the top of North America, from Alaska to Nova Scotia, south to the mountains of North Carolina and west to Utah, Washington and Oregon. The Humboldt's flying squirrel was formerly considered conspecific, but was found to be a cryptic species, and now considered distinct. They are generally smaller and darker than northern flying squirrels.
 question: are there flying squirrels in new york state?
Output (English): Yes