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Western Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys oregonensis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 2, February 6, March 1, April 3, May 7, June 8, July 10, August 9, September 11, October 15, November 2, December 4.
California78
Oregon71

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassMammals · Mammalia
OrderRodents · Rodentia
FamilySquirrels · Sciuridae
GenusNew World Flying Squirrels · Glaucomys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Western Flying Squirrel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.