Flying squirrels the size of cats soared over prehistoric Appalachia
Recently analyzed fossils finally confirm a longtime paleontological theory: Flying squirrels the size of domesticated cats glided across the Bering Land Bridge roughly 5 million years ago. Although no longer native to North America, the ancestors to today’s aerodynamic rodents likely made the most of the Early Pliocene’s warmer climate. The new findings come from…
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