References

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Images:

G. volans - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12029045601

Glaucomys volans - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Glaucomys_volans.html

Glaucomys sabrinus - http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Glaucomys_sabrinus.html

Distribution maps - http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=106

http://www.mnh.si.edu/mna/image_info.cfm?species_id=105

G. volans snacking - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12029045601

Hickory nuts - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/diet.html

G. sabrinus using a cavity nest - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Sabrina/Photo_Gallery/recent_photos.html

G. volans in "flight" - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

Braking posture and Landing Posture - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

Communal Nesting - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

G. sabrinus using a cavity nest - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Sabrina/Photo_Gallery/recent_photos.html

G. sabrinus on a "date" - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

G. sabrinus, 7 hours old - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

12 days old - http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/Images/Photos/Hampson/index.html

This website was completed by Kara Earle in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an undergraduate course -- Biology 323: Animal Behavior -- at Davidson College in the Spring Semester 2008.