Siberian flying squirrel
| Siberian flying squirrel | |
|---|---|
| in Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Pteromys |
| Species: | P. volans |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteromys volans | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Siberian flying squirrel range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sciurus volans Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an Old World flying squirrel ranging from the Baltic Sea in the west, throughout Northern Asia to the coast of the Pacific Ocean in the east. It is the only species of flying squirrel in Europe and is considered vulnerable in the European Union where it occurs only in Estonia and Finland. In Latvia, it was last sighted in 2001 and has been considered to be locally extinct since 2013.