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The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum. The common name refers to its predilection for sugary foods such as sap and nectar and its ability to glide through the air, much like a flying squirrel . [ 8 ]
There are eight species: the sugar glider, savanna glider, Krefft's glider, squirrel glider, mahogany glider, northern glider, yellow-bellied glider and Biak glider. [ 1 ] Flying phalangers are typically nocturnal , most being small (sometimes around 400 mm (16 in), counting the tail), and have folds of loose skin ( patagia ) running from the ...
Krefft's glider, Petaurus notatus A characteristic of all species of marsupial gliders is the partially fused ( syndactylous ) second and third digits on the hind feet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They achieve gliding flight by use of membranes called patagia .
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The species is also sympatric with the mahogany glider and yellow-bellied glider in parts of its range. [6] The earliest Krefft's glider (originally identified as sugar glider) fossils were found in a cave in Victoria and are dated to 15,000 years ago, at the time of the Pleistocene epoch. [8]
Petauridae is a family of possums containing 11 species: four species of trioks and striped possum (genus Dactylopsila), six species of wrist-winged glider (genus Petaurus), and Leadbeater's possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri), which has only vestigial gliding membranes.
In the sugar glider, the patagia extend between the fifth finger of each hand to the first toe of each foot. This creates an aerofoil enabling them to glide 50 metres or more. [ 4 ] This gliding flight is regulated by changing the curvature of the membrane or moving the legs and tail.
Phalangeriformes / f ə ˈ l æ n dʒ ər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is a paraphyletic [1] suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. [2]