Nature & Environment
Studying mammals: Life in the trees
...c) Write a sentence or two about the disadvantages and consequences of the gliding habit in flying squirrels. Video 3 Answer (a) The patagium is the most obvious similarity, though it is less extensive in flying squirrels - compare the photographs in LoM pp. 221 and 222. The two mammals differ in that the tail in flying squirrels is free of the patagium and said to act as...