At this page you find some info about the flying squirrel.

Distribution of the Siberian flying squirrel in Finland and Estonia

Map above: In Finland, the flying squirrel is found from Hanko to the Kuusamo region. Individual observations have also been made in Oulu and in Lapland. The species is most abundant in Ostrobothnia and southwestern Finland.

Map above: Flying squirrel observations in Finland from the Laji.fi database in 1995–2021 (situation on 19 January 2022). The redder the area, the more flying squirrel observations have been reported from the area. Map source: Finnish Biodiversity Info Facility (2022)

Worldwide distribution of the Siberian flying squirrel

Map above: The distribution of the flying squirrel extends from Finland through Russia to the Pacific Ocean and Japan. Accurate data on the occurrence of the flying squirrel is not available in all areas. The map is based on Schrader (2011) and IUCN data.

Literature

• Ilpo K. Hanski: Liito-orava. Biologia ja käyttäytyminen. Helsinki 2016. Metsäkustannus. ISBN 9789526612928

Conservation legislation in Finland

• Nature Conservation Act 1996/1096 (pdf 276 kt, finlex.fi)

Evaluations for endangerment: Red List web service

• IUCN Red List for endangered species, flying squirrel (iucncreditlist.com)
• Finnish red list, flying squirrel (punainenkirja.laji.fi, in Finnish)

Ministry of the Environment, Finland

• Conservation of flying squirrel (ymparisto.fi, in Finnish)

Guiding material to take flying squirrel into account in forestry

• Guiding material to take flying squirrel into account in forestry (tapio.fi, in Finnish)
  • Guiding material (pdf 1,0 Mt, tapio.fi, in Finnish)
  • Online course (tapio.fi, in Finnish)

Publications by the Finnish Environment Institute

• Nieminen, M. & Ahola, A. (toim.) 2017: Euroopan unionin luontodirektiivin liitteen IV lajien (pl. lepakot)esittely. – Suomen ympäristö 1/2017:1–278. (julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi, in Finnish)
• Jokinen, M: Liito-oravan lisääntymis- ja levähdyspaikkarajausten vaikuttavuus lajin suojelukeinona. Suomen ympäristö 33/2012. (pdf 6,2 Mt, helda.helsinki.fi, in Finnish)
• Jokinen, A., Nikula, A., Nygrén, N., Tersa, P. & Haila, Y.: Liito-oravan elinympäristöjen mallitus ja ennakointi Tampereen kaupunkiseudulla. Suomen ympäristö 11/2010. (pdf 4,5 Mt, helda.helsinki.fi, in Finnish)
• Jokinen, A., Nygrén, N., Haila, Y. & Schrader, M.: Yhteiseloa liito-oravan kanssa – liito-oravan suojelun ja kasvavan kaupunkiseudun maankäytön tarpeiden yhteensovittaminen. Suomen ympäristö 20/2007. (pdf 3,4 Mt, helda.helsinki.fi, in Finnish)

Academic dissertations with a flying squirrel theme

• 2019 Jokinen, Maarit: Developing more effective conservation and research: the case of the Siberian flying squirrel (helda.helsinki.fi)
• 2016 Mäkeläinen, Sanna: Occurrence, habitat use and movements of the flying squirrel in human-modified forest landscapes.(helda.helsinki.fi)
• 2013 Nygrén Nina: Liito-oravan suojelun poliittinen prosessi ja suunnitteluvara Tampereen kaupunkiseudulla (trepo.uni.fi)
• 2013 Santangeli, Andrea: Assessing the effectiveness of different approaches to species conservation(helda.helsinki.fi)
• 2009 Lampila, Satu: The causes and consequences of population declines of two boreal forest species: the case of the willow tit (Parus montanus) and the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) (jultika.oulu.fi)
• 2008 Hurme, Eija: Ecological knowledge towards sustainable forest management: habitat requirements of the Siberian flying squirrel in Finland (jultika.oulu.fi)
• 2002 Selonen, Vesa: Spacing behaviour of the Siberian flying squirrel: effects of landscape structure (helda.helsinki.fi)
• 2001 Reunanen, Pasi: Landscape responses of the Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) in Northern Finland: the effect of scale on habitat patterns and species incidence (jultika.oulu.fi)