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Learning the secret life of flying squirrels

Northern flying squirrel at feeder...

The San Bernardino flying squirrel is one of 25 subspecies of northern flying squirrels (shown here) and is the most southern subspecies in the western U.S. Credit: Joshua Mayer/Flickr Creative Commons 2.0


By Jane Hendron

February 23, 2017

Flying squirrels have inhabited southern California's San Bernardino Mountains for thousands of years, but most people have never seen one.

Now, a group of 50 citizen scientists, supported by a number of federal, state and local organizations, are trying to change that.

Most residents of San Bernardino mountain towns aren't "even aware flying squirrels are up here," says Nole Lilley, one of the citizen scientists studying the squirrels.

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