North American giant flying squirrel (SciiFii)

The North American giant flying squirrel (Petaurista giganteum), also known as the northern giant flying squirrel and the American giant flying squirrel, is a species of rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae, and originally did not exist, but has since created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the rainforests, swamps, forests, and open woodlands across North America to help boost biodiversity. The North American giant flying squirrel is a very large, dull brown and white flying squirrel that can grow to be about the same size as the red and white giant flying squirrel (Petaurista alborufus) in length and weight, making it among the largest flying squirrels and one of the biggest modern-styled gliding mammals known. The North American giant flying squirrels spend their days sleeping in a tree hollow, emerging at night to forage in the trees. Their diet consists primarily of nuts and fruits, but also includes leafy vegetation, insects and their larvae. Like other flying squirrels, this species can move between trees by gliding (not actually fly like a bat), exceptionally as much as 400 m (1,300 ft). This is achieved by the patagium, skin spread out between its limbs. Like most squirrels, they are solitary animals that spends throughout most of their lives alone except during the breeding seasons. The conservation status of the North American giant flying squirrel is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the North American giant flying squirrel's wide range and its tolerance to many of the human activities.
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