7 Land Animals That Can Fly

Flying squirrels use specialized membranes between their arms and legs to glide from tree to tree, making them excellent tree-dwellers.

Some frogs, like the white-lipped tree frog, have webbed toes and a unique flap of skin that enables short flights.

Gliding lizards, such as the Draco lizard, use their elongated ribs and wing-like flaps to leap and glide between branches.

Certain types of snakes, like the paradise tree snake, can flatten their bodies to glide across distances.

Flying lemurs, often mistaken for gliding squirrels, have adapted to glide over large distances between trees in Southeast Asia.

The sugar glider, native to Australia, is a small marsupial capable of smooth gliding across the forest canopy.

Flying foxes, large fruit bats, use their wings to glide between trees and travel vast distances at night.

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