Black Flying Squirrel

About this species

Diet

Fruit, nuts and other plant matter

Habitat

Primary and secondary forest and gardens; shelters in tree hollows

Range

Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia

Litter size

1 young

The black flying squirrel, also called the large black flying squirrel, is a rodent in the squirrel family (Sciuridae). It is a gliding squirrel of the forests of Sundaland, found in Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives in primary and secondary forest and also uses gardens, and it shelters in tree hollows. It feeds on fruit, nuts and other plant matter. Females breed infrequently and have a litter of just one young, so populations tend to be smaller than those of other squirrels, although the species adapts to some habitat loss (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)