Florida mammals

Southern Flying Squirrel in Florida

Glaucomys volans

Native to Florida SNR Unranked in Florida

Not listed as nonindigenous in Florida by USGS NAS; native to its Florida range.

IUCN Red List status

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

LC – Least Concern

Widespread and abundant; not at risk.

Southern Flying Squirrel in Florida, by the numbers

Common in Florida 32nd most recorded of 116 mammals logged in Florida

1,309 occurrence records
282 with iNaturalist photos
Jun 25, 2026 Last seen in Florida

1,309 total records count every Florida occurrence from GBIF and iNaturalist; the map plots a georeferenced sample of 300; the monthly chart covers the 552 records with a full observation date.

When to look for the Southern Flying Squirrel in Florida

Most sightings fall in January to July.

552 Florida occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) by month of year. Shows when the species is recorded, not a guarantee of presence.

Monthly Florida records (table)
MonthRecords
January50
February50
March45
April67
May65
June48
July47
August17
September25
October45
November62
December31

Monthly southern flying squirrel occurrence records (iNaturalist and GBIF) in Florida.

Seasonality

Year-round in Florida, with recorded sightings peaking in January–July, with a smaller rise in October–November.

Occurrence map

Where Southern Flying Squirrel has been recorded in Florida

300 records mapped · zoom and drag to explore

300 Florida records mapped

Notable places to look

Park, forest, or monumentiNaturalist records
Ordway-Swisher Biological Station 24
Blackwater River State Forest 5
Lake Talquin State Forest 2
Split Oak Forest Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area 2
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area 2
Lake Wales Ridge State Forest 1
Manatee Springs State Park 1
Etoniah Creek State Forest 1

Protected places with the most southern flying squirrel sightings, from the USGS Protected Areas Database plus named mountain ranges, good spots to look, not a full breakdown, so they don't sum to the total.

Where it's recorded in Florida

CountyRecords
Miami-Dade County 736
Alachua County 68
Putnam County 66
Leon County 53
Levy County 44
Citrus County 43
Sarasota County 27
Duval County 23
Marion County 23
Santa Rosa County 21
Seminole County 20
Hillsborough County 12
37 other counties 173

The complete county distribution, spread across 49 Florida counties. Every occurrence record falls in one county, so these sum to the total. Counties from GBIF and US Census boundaries.

All 1,200 of Florida’s southern flying squirrel records come through GBIF rather than iNaturalist, so the map leans on specimen and survey data more than recent citizen sightings. St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge is the only named site, with a single logged record there. NatureServe hasn’t assigned the species a Florida rank, listing it SNR, unranked.

Monthly counts actually climb in November, clearly above the rest of the year. Numbers hold fairly steady from spring through midsummer, then dip sharply in August and September before that November rise.

Occurrence data from iNaturalist and GBIF.

More mammals in Florida in the atlas

Data & sources

The data and visualizations on this page draw on these open sources: