Southern Flying Squirrel

Southern Flying Squirrel

Glaucomys volans

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Shenandoah National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
0–10
Jul
0–10
Aug
0–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
<5
Nov
10–20
Dec

☀️🌙 When They're Spotted

Active throughout day and night · across all parks (global)

☀️🌙Day & Night
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
0–10%
2 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
3 Point Pelee National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Flying Squirrel in Shenandoah National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Southern Flying Squirrel sighting in Shenandoah National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Flying Squirrel in Shenandoah National Park?

October has the highest sighting rate for Southern Flying Squirrel in Shenandoah National Park in our monthly data.

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