This diminutive rodent with the big saucerlike eyes is probably the most common mammal never seen by humans in North Carolina. It occupies habitat similar to that of the gray squirrel and, to a lesser extent, the fox squirrel, yet because it is a nocturnal species, it is not seen as often as the other two. It is truly arboreal, gliding from tree to tree on folds of outstretched skin.
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This diminutive rodent with the big saucerlike eyes is probably the most common
mammal never seen by humans in North Carolina. It occupies habitat similar
to that of the gray squirrel and, to a lesser extent, the fox squirrel, yet because
it is a nocturnal species, it is not seen as often as the other two. It is truly arboreal,
gliding from tree to tree on folds of outstretched skin.
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