Abstract
William Croswell introduced the Flying Squirrel on his Mercator Map Of The Starry Heavens (1810; Fig. 15.1) along with Marmor Sculptile (Chap. 9). It is shown in approximately the position already occupied by Camelopardalis, making it a (failed) attempted rebrand. Croswell defended his creation on aesthetic grounds in the Introduction to the accompanying Description and Explanation of the Mercator Map of the Starry Heavens, with Its application in the Solution of Problems:
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Croswell, William. 1810. A Mercator map of the starry heavens: comprehending the whole equinoctial and terminated by the polar circles. Boston: T. Wightman.
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Barentine, J.C. (2016). Sciurus Volans. In: Uncharted Constellations. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9_15
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