Scaly-tailed flying squirrel

Japanese: ウロコオリス（英語表記）scaly‐tailed flying squirrel

A rodent mammal of the Scyllidae family. It has flying squirrel-like flying membranes between its front and back legs, and scales on the underside of its tail near the base. It lives in the tropical rainforests of Ghana and Liberia. It is about 43 cm long and 46 cm long. Its body is dark brown on the back and white on the underside. It hides in tree holes during the day, but sometimes basks in the sun in the afternoon. At night, it runs skillfully like a squirrel through the trees and glides between them, feeding on seeds, fruits, bark, and other things, such as palm nuts. When gliding, it climbs high up in a tree, stretches its front and back legs and tail, jumps, spreads its flying membrane, and flies up to 100 m toward the lower parts of other trees.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

齧歯（げつし）目ウロコオリス科の哺乳類。前･後肢の間にムササビに似た飛膜をもち，尾の付け根近くの裏側にうろこをもつ。ガーナとリベリアの熱帯雨林に生息する。体長約43cm，尾長約46cm。体色は背側が暗褐色，腹側が白色。日中は樹洞に潜むが，ときには午後日光浴をすることもある。夜間は木の上をリスのように巧みに走ったり，木々の間を滑空して，ヤシの実などの種子，果実，樹皮などを食べる。滑空の際には樹木の高所まで登り，前･後肢と尾をのばして跳躍し，飛膜を広げて，他の木の低所に向けて100mに達する距離を飛ぶ。

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