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  • U dunno fishy nem with u n so dont ai volans aka flaing phishy

    Next, add tuna - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • Only found in Australia, they were classified as species Maratus volans because people originally thought the flap was for gliding after jumping.

    Peacock Spider 2009

  • Several squirrels are seen including eastern chipmunk Tamias striatus, red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis and two types of flying squirrel, the southern Glaucomys volans and the northern endangered subspecies Carolina flying squirrel G. sabrinus coloratus (E).

    Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States 2009

  • Aquila was known to the Romans as Vultur volans the 'Flying Vulture'.

    Kid's Astronomy: Celestial Birds Migrate West? | Universe Today 2009

  • The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU).

    Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia 2009

  • The kagwang (Cyanocephalus volans), or Philippine flying lemur, is also endemic to Greater Mindanao; the only other species of this unique order of mammals is found in Malaysia and Indonesia.

    Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests 2007

  • Many species of mammals have their distribution limits in this area (e.g. Perognathus flavus), or have been recorded only in this region (bats such as Myotis californica, Myotis volans and Lasiurus xanthinus).

    Balsas dry forests 2007

  • Schoinobates volans, also known as the greater glider, a marsupial with winglike flaps that allow it to glide through the air like a flying squirrel.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Schoinobates volans, also known as the greater glider, a marsupial with winglike flaps that allow it to glide through the air like a flying squirrel.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans 243, 268

    The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989

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