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Name: Karen
Status: Other
Age: 30s
Location: N/A
Country: N/A
Date: Monday, September 30, 2002
Question:
I found an infant flying squirrel (aproximately 3 weeks old) but cannot tell it's gender. It has what looks like a penis, but the penis points toward its anus. Is it a boy?

Replies:
If the genital opening is near the anus, it is probably a female. Squirrel males should have a scrotum sac, but juveniles may not be mature enough to tell.

Steve Sample

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