Recent evidence derived from fossils and the anatomy of wrist and gliding membranes, however, indicates that all living flying squirrel species are closely related and likely evolved from a tree …

Flying squirrels are able to steer and exert control over their glide path with their limbs and tail. Molecular studies have shown that flying squirrels are monophyletic (having a common …

2012年6月24日 · The aim of this study is to propose an evolutionary scenario for the evolution of flying squirrels in the paleoenvironmental background by compiling the worldwide fossils of the …

2018年10月9日 · Here we report the oldest fossil skeleton of a flying squirrel (11.6 Ma) that displays the gliding-related diagnostic features shared by extant forms and allows for a …

2007年8月20日 · I summarize our current understanding of the evolutionary origin and biogeographic history of the New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys). The emerging synthesis …

2018年10月9日 · Combining molecular and paleontological data to carry out evolutionary analyses of the fossil, Casanovas-Vilar and the team demonstrated that flying squirrels …

2012年3月1日 · Flying squirrels are strictly arboreal squirrels adopting a special gliding form of locomotion. This group of animals has a long history that has mirrored the vicissitude of forests.

An international team of paleontologists has found the world’s oldest flying squirrel fossil — an 11.63-million-year-old specimen of an extinct species called Miopetaurista neogrivensis — at …

2013年3月1日 · The oldest fossil skeleton of a flying squirrel is reported that displays the gliding-related diagnostic features shared by extant forms and allows for a recalibration of the …

Research on the evolution of flying squirrels is not only useful for understanding their history and providing information which may help in predicting their future, but also could provide valuable …