GC1K1RE Sciuridae 11 – The Flying Squirrel (Traditional Cache) in Colorado, United States created by Gertrude

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A cache by Gertrude_Groundhog Message this owner

Hidden : 12/21/2008

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In keeping with the Flying theme... I kept myself up long enough to phone my nocturnal distant cousins and found out some interesting family dirt...

The Southern flying squirrel is most likely an ancestor if Asian squirrels that migrated via the Bering Land Bridge during the Miocene era, approximately 25 million years ago. In Asia, they had lived in temperate forests with a mixed deciduous and coniferous flora. During the ice ages, these squirrels were forced to move to ice-free regions. Since it was used to quite a warm climate, the Southern flying squirrel that moved to North America via the Bering Land Bridge migrated as far south as Central America during a cold period that occurred approximately 100,000 years ago. It is still possible to find the Southern flying squirrel in Mexico and Central America, but only in the form of isolated relict populations that inhabit forests found at a high altitude.

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vs lbh arrq n uvag, lbh ernyyl zhfg or fghzcrq!

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A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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Sciuridae 11 – The Flying Squirrel Traditional Geocache

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