Siberian flying squirrel - Siberian flying squirrel

Japanese: エゾモモンガ - えぞももんが

...Body length 15-20cm, tail length 10-14cm. Widely distributed in the northern forests of Eurasia, but in Japan, the Siberian flying squirrel P. volans subspecies, the Siberian flying squirrel P. v . orii , lives in Hokkaido, and the slightly larger Honshu flying squirrel P. momonga (illustration), which is endemic to Honshu and Kyushu (also simply called flying squirrels). In Honshu and Kyushu, flying squirrels live on flat land, but flying squirrels are usually found in mountainous areas with an altitude of 1000m or more.

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…Most of them are found in southern Asia, with only two species in North America and one in Europe. In Japan, there are the large flying squirrel Petaurista leucogenys (illustration), which has a flying membrane between its hind legs and tail, the small Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans orii , which has four pairs of milk, and the Japanese flying squirrel P. momonga (illustration), which has five pairs of milk. There are also scaly squirrels in Africa. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Siberian flying squirrel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…体長15～20cm，尾長10～14cm。ユーラシアの北部森林地帯に広く分布するが，日本には，北海道にタイリクモモンガP.volansの亜種であるエゾモモンガP.v.oriiが，本州と九州に，固有種で，やや大型のホンシュウモモンガP.momonga（イラスト）が生息する(単にモモンガともいう)。本州と九州では，ムササビが平地にもすむのに対して，モモンガはふつう標高1000m以上の山地に多い。…

【リス(栗鼠)】より

…ほとんどがアジア南部にいて，北アメリカには2種，ヨーロッパには1種が分布するのみ。日本には大型で飛膜が後肢と尾の間にもあるムササビPetaurista leucogenys（イラスト），小型で乳が4対のエゾモモンガPteromys volans orii，乳が5対のモモンガP.momonga（イラスト）がある。　なお，アフリカにウロコオリス類がある。…

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