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Solve the riddle to identify the species being described

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Solve the riddle to identify the species being described. Give the scientific name: (1 mark) Clinging to branches way up high, I am able to glide but cannot fly, My skin stretching like a sail Between my arms, legs, and tail. You can spot me at night if you try.

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Flying squirrel 

Scientific name: Pteromyini or Petauristini

Flying squirrel having 50 species in family Sciuridae, not capable of flying like birds or bats but glide from one tree to another and forage in night for food.