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Old 27-01-2009, 09:00 PM
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Here's a link to an early mammal (probably late Jurassic/early Cretaceous) called Volaticotherium antiquum. Looks much like a squirrel.....

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Cute little fella may have beaten the birds to the punch in so far as flying goes
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That's an interesting article. Probably a distant cousin of the sugar glider.
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