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=== Fluorescence === In 2019 it was observed, by chance, that a flying squirrel [[Fluorescence|fluoresced]] pink under UV light. Subsequent research by biologists at [[Northland College (Wisconsin)|Northland College]] in Northern [[Wisconsin]] found that this is true for all three species of North American flying squirrels. At this time it is unknown what purpose this serves. Non-flying squirrels do not fluoresce under UV light.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Anich|first1=Paula Spaeth|last2=Martin|first2=Jonathan G.|last3=Olson|first3=Erik R.|last4=Kohler|first4=Allison M.|title=Ultraviolet fluorescence discovered in New World flying squirrels (Glaucomys)|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=100|pages=21β30|language=en|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyy177|year=2019}}</ref>
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