Flying Squirrels

Oligocene

36,000 BCE

At the time Oligocene 36 million years ago, the first fossil of 65,000 species appears. They are a phylum of the animal kingdom and it is common ancestor of the family of mammals among them the family Sciuridae (squirrels)

Paleocene

30,000 BCE

It starts 65 million years and ended 55 million years ago. Euarchontoglires are a clade and a superorder of placental mammals, oldest known fossil is dated in the inferior Paleocene, the fossil Altiatlasius of Morocco is representative of this clade

Cretaceous

26,000 BCE

The glires is a clade consisting of rodents and lagomorphs.It appears at the end of the Cretaceous approximately 143 years ago

Miocene

24,000 BCE

Horn moles are extinguished rodents of the genus Ceratogaulus, a member of the extinct fossorial family of rodents lived from late Miocene to early Pleistocene

Priaboniense

20,000 BCE

Sciuridae are a family of esciuromorfos rodents including squirrels, marmots and prairie dogs.The squirrels are small in size, from 38 to 45 cm in length. His legs are short, but strong. With its curved and sharp fingernails, it clings to the bark when it jumps from one tree to another (they are authentic acrobats). The tail helps you keep your balance when you walk through the branches. Your good eyesight allows you to calculate the distances well.

Pteromyini

20,000 BCE

Flying Squirrels are able to plan because they have membranes (patagium) between their legs, which make the function of parachute, and a large line that serves to control the flight.They are a tribe of rodents of the Sciuridae family commonly known as flying squirrels, which includes 45 species