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Prefectural Natural Monument
Mammals
Japanese Flying Squirrel
Pteromys momonga
A small squirrel of the mountain forests of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, gliding between trees on membranes stretched between its limbs. Nocturnal, it eats buds and fruit and nests in tree hollows. It is protected with its forests in places such as Nagano.
- Scientific name
- Pteromys momonga
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- 日本語
- ホンシュウモモンガ
- 简体中文
- 日本鼯鼠
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The Japanese Flying Squirrel is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
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