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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Buller
1949
Glaucomys sabrinus
-3-
Sept 18 Red Mtn, 5300 ft., 14 min. S Hayford Trinity Co. Cal.
covers about 118 feet of horizontal distance.
As the animal started to turn and for
the last part of its flight a distinct
"whirri" like sound could be heard which
I assume was the sound of the air passing
rapidly over its fur.-Last night as
the dishes were being washed and all four
of us were gathered around the lamp, 1
squirrel flew into the lighted area, slowing
into the branches about 3 feet overhead.
Without pausing it scrambled to the trunk
of the tree and very quickly vanished
into the foliage up the tree.