Long-eared flying mouse
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title:
Long-eared flying mouse
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The long-eared flying mouse or long-eared scaly-tailed flying squirrel, is a species of flying mouse from western and central Africa. It is not actually a squirrel, nor a mouse, though it is a rodent. Not much is known about them because they are very hard to keep alive in captivity. To achieve gliding flight, it uses two membranes (patagia) which fold up when not in use. When the limbs are stretched wide in a star-shape, the membranes become taut and allow the rodent to glide from tree to tree.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of rodent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-eared_flying_mouse
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2024-03-01T05:47:32Z
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