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Flying Squirrel from Sweden

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By 1799

Primary Source Reference:

Natural History Lecture No. 8 (1799), Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Additional Source Text:

"It is about twice the size of the American Squirrel, I have had no account of its manners, nor where found. Edward[s] describes a flying squirrel, native of the Russian Dominions, which agrees with this before us."

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Siberian flying squirrel

Current Scientific Name

Pteromys volans