Quote Originally Posted by Sciuropterus
Sciuropterus was one of the older latin names used for classifying Flying Squirrels, some biologists still use it. It is actually more greek than latin; Sciur= squirrel, opter= wing, so it means "squirrel-wing", a very apt description. They can glide over 100 feet with no problem.
Just a precision: Greek for wing is «pteros», without a O at the beginning.

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