For humans, rats are a very hateful animal, because rats often steal food, but also will bite all kinds of things in the family, in fact, some rats are also very cute, such as mice, hamsters, etc., because they have a cute appearance, so many people will keep them as pets at home. In fact, in addition to the special popularity of mice and hamsters, the shrew is also particularly popular, the shrew not only has a very cute appearance, but also can fly, it is also the only mouse in the world that can fly. Today Xiaobian will introduce you to this flying mouse, let's take a look at it!
The squirrel, the world's only flying rodent, is also the world's flying rat, they also have a name called flying squirrel, the body is about the same size as ordinary rats, but there is a layer of flying film, they open their limbs will form a square flying film, which is conducive to them soaring in the air, and they have a long. His tail was furry and the overall look was like a small bat.
Adult rats are generally about 25 cm long and have a tail almost the same length as their body. When it does not open the flying membrane, it resembles a squirrel, with gray-brown or yellowish-brown dorsal hairs, gray-white ventral surface, and orange-red dorsal hairs on the four legs. The squirrel has a broad head, large eyes, well-developed auricles, and a wide, hairy flying membrane between the front and back limbs, which play a gliding role, and the hind limbs are slightly longer than the forelimbs. Most of them are medium in size. The small flying squirrel is more than 13 cm long, and the large squirrel is more than 50 cm long; most species have a more colorful coat color; most of them have 22 teeth.
Squirrels have no hibernation habits. Nocturnal, more active than after dusk, occasionally seen during the day. After being alarmed during the day, they slowly climb to the mouth of the cave, some of them sneak out and slide down, after landing on the ground, they climb up the nearest trunk, and finally hide in the branches or branches and leaves; some often visit the mouth of the cave for a while, and depending on the movement around them, they sneak out of the cave to glide or stay in the cave. Often climbing in trees or gliding among branches. When gliding, the tail is flattened, the limbs are straightened, the wings are propped open, and it floats downwards, reaching a distance of 50 meters.
