On July 13th, the staff of the Yongan Tianbaoyan Reserve Management Bureau recorded a lovely animal during the mountain patrol process. It is a mild-mannered brown flying squirrel with a pair of large black eyes. This animal with only brown body hair showed its head in the tree hole at the beginning. After nearly an hour of observation, the reserve staff recorded a series of movements such as going out of the hole, entering the hole and climbing the tree canopy.
Brown flying squirrel: is the larger flying squirrel , also known as red flying squirrel, large flying squirrel, large flying squirrel, red giant flying squirrel, etc. cm and weighs about 600 grams. The back of the body, the wings, the feet and the top of the tail are shiny russet or dark chestnut red. Domestic distribution in Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Guizhou, southeastern Tibet and Taiwan and other places. Habitat in the mountain subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest and coniferous forest between low altitudes to 2400 meters. Nests in tree cavities and are active all year round. Hide in tree holes during the day, or curl up in trees, generally more than 20 meters above the ground. At night, it uses leather wings to glide between trees, foraging among the branches at the lower part of the crown of conifer broadleaf tree, mainly feeding on fruits, nuts, twigs, tender grass, and sometimes insects and their larvae.
Source: Yongan Tianbaoyan Administration
Correspondent: Liao Jinpeng
