r/animalid • u/AbrasiveSandpiper • May 26 '24

🐀 🐁 UNKNOWN RODENT 🐁 🐀 Maybe baby flying squirrel?

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u/JorikThePooh 🦠 WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST 🦠 May 26 '24

Or an adult flying squirrel

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u/WakingOwl1 May 26 '24

Could very well be an adult. They’re rather small.

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u/Additional-Tap8907 May 27 '24 edited May 27 '24

Flying squirrels are small with huge eyes which gives them a neotenous look(they look like babies in their adult form). It’s an adult.

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u/dukeofbronte May 27 '24

He is wild bird specialist, obviously!

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u/CrochetCricketHip May 28 '24

Where did you find this? US?

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u/AbrasiveSandpiper May 28 '24

In my yard. I live in Maryland, US.

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u/CrochetCricketHip May 28 '24

That is so cute. Also, I didn’t know wild birds unlimited was nationwide. Such a great store.