Tribe Pteromyini

 Flying squirrels (known scientifically as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the Sciuridae family. Despite their name, they cannot fly like birds or bats, but they fly from tree to tree using the patagium, a parachute-like skin that extends from wrist to ankle. Their long tail also makes them stable as they jump.[1] Anatomically, they resemble other squirrels with many adaptations to support their lifestyle. Their leg bones are long, but their arm bones, leg bones, and distal vertebrae are short. Fireflies are able to use their hands and tails to guide and control their glide path. Studies have shown that flying squirrels are monophyletic and appeared about 18-20 million years ago. The genus Paracitellus is the first genus of flying squirrels dating back to the Oligocene.[1] Most of them are diurnal and omnivorous, eating fruits, seeds, buds, flowers, insects, gastropods, spiders, fungi, bird eggs, tree sap, and young birds. The young are born in...