ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROFILE

PROTECTION STATUS: Formerly endangered; delisted 2008; relisted 2011

YEARS PLACED ON LIST: 1985, 2011

CRITICAL HABITAT: None

RECOVERY PLAN: 1990

RANGE: Allegheny Highlands of West Virginia and Virginia

THREATS: Climate change, habitat loss, mining, logging, and introduced insect species

POPULATION TREND: Neither the historic nor the current population size is known. Due to lack of rigorous monitoring, recent population trends are unknown. The species, however, has a small distribution and is considered to be rare.

Northern flying squirrel photo © Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles, California Academy of Sciences