The remarkably strong propensity in female flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans) for retrieving their young has been noted by several naturalists . In one instance (Stack 1925) a female climbed up the pant-leg of an observer who had removed the young from a nest; she took four babies from the observer's hand and carried each of them to another tree cavity. During my own field work I have often ob...

Four strains of Rickettsia prowazekii, isolated from flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans volans) from Florida and Virginia, were compared with other strains of the typhus biotype, two previously established strains each of R. prowazekii and R. typhi and one strain of R. canada, for similarities in a number of unrelated phenotypic characteristics. R. akari served as a spotted fever biotype contro...

Flying squirrels have important roles in ecosystems, dispersing seeds and spores. However, flying squirrel species, which strongly depend on old mature forests, declined abundance due to the logging of forests. Guidelines for conservation been developed, but it is vital an accurate understanding their ecology revise guidelines be more effective. The Japanese (Pteromys momonga, JFS), endangered ...