The world’s gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are more than 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America, the scaly-tailed flying squirrels from central Africa and the gliding possums of Australia and New Guinea.
Malayan Colugo
Galeopterus variegatus
Southern Flying Squirrel
Glaucomys volans
Japanese Giant Flying Squirrel
Petaurista leucogenys
Beecroft’s Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel
Anomalurops beecrofti