How to Use flying squirrel in a Sentence

flying squirrel

noun
  • My father-in-law, who, as a child, had shared a home with a deer and a flying squirrel, opened the door.
    — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
  • Those include a baby flying squirrel, a baby fox and bear cubs.
    — Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2021
  • While gray squirrels are solitary, flying squirrels may live in colonies of four to five squirrels.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Gray squirrels are active during the day, while flying squirrels move around at night.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Roth brought along a flying squirrel that ran around inside his shirt, while the kids squealed just thinking about the feel of it.
    — Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 2 May 2018
  • The flying squirrel may be the archetype, and some spiders, lizards and frogs can sail through the air and come in for a soft landing.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • There is evidence that some of the creatures could glide like flying squirrels and others could swim.
    — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 23 May 2018
  • In the evening, red giant flying squirrels emerged from their tree holes before sailing from trunk to trunk in the twilight.
    — Mihir Zaveri, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Jumping out of an airplane and cosplaying as a flying squirrel.
    — Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Watch this professional jumper leap off a cliff in Italy wearing a flying squirrel suit!
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • Hoary marmots, flying squirrels and tundra swans prepare for sleep in their respective safe havens.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Nov. 2019
  • Volaticotherium, from about the same time, resembled a flying squirrel.
    — Riley Black, Smithsonian, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Most have obvious control surfaces — the skin flaps of the flying squirrel are a good example.
    — New York Times, 26 May 2022
  • Other mammals — like flying squirrels and flying lemurs — can only glide, despite their names.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Chinese flying squirrel isn’t the only rodent recently added to the tree of life.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 22 July 2019
  • Carson, the oldest of eight children, already had a dog, two flying squirrels and four other guinea pigs, all female.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 25 May 2018
  • But then, out of nowhere, a flying squirrel decides to photobomb the moment, and a camera flash only adds to the mayhem.
    — Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science, 1 May 2016
  • Supporting characters like Fiona, a flying squirrel, and Dash, a deer mouse, round out the cast.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • While dinosaurs walked the earth, early mammalia forms evolved that resembled badgers, flying squirrels, anteaters, and beavers.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2023
  • When the animal isn't gliding about like a flying squirrel, owners like to ferry the animals around like pocket pets.
    — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In the far north, where there currently is no night, nocturnal animals like flying squirrels and owls need to go about their business in daylight.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
  • Before the chicks are born, the male is the primary caregiver, sitting and warming the eggs and fending off any stray snakes or flying squirrels that make their way up the spindly pine.
    — Marialuisa Rincon, Houston Chronicle, 8 June 2018
  • Anchiornis probably glided down from trees, like a flying squirrel, but likely was incapable of powered flight.
    — Nicholas Bakalar, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2017
  • When the fight resumes, Torres gets the upper hand, doing a flying squirrel move off the side of the cage and then grappling the giant man into submission.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Other mammals that are protected species like badger, jackrabbit, moose and flying squirrel are prohibited from hunting.
    — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2017
  • On that 30-degree morning, other traps contained a northern flying squirrel, an American red squirrel and two more voles.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2021
  • Pterosaurs had a muscular membrane stretched between a ridiculously long ring finger and their ankles -- almost like a modern flying squirrel, Gold said.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • There was also a range of smaller and larger species, including a woolly rhinoceros, flying squirrels, and porcupines.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 July 2024
  • Other nocturnal mammals such as platypuses and flying squirrels also glow under UV light.
    — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 14 Aug. 2024
  • One of the first reports of this feature was a 2019 paper, which found that flying squirrels fluoresce under UV light.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025

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